Emu sound card on FreeBSD

[T-Aoki]

/boot/loader.conf :
kern.geom.label.disk_ident.enable="0"
kern.geom.label.gptid.enable="0"
zfs_load="YES"

/etc/sysctl.conf :
#security.bsd.see_other_uids=0
vfs.zfs.vdev.min_auto_ashift=12
security.bsd.unprivileged_chroot=1
vfs.usermount=1

/etc/rc.conf :
hostname="FreeBSD"
keymap="uk.kbd"
ifconfig_em0="DHCP"
ifconfig_em0_ipv6="inet6 accept_rtadv"
sshd_enable="YES"
moused_nondefault_enable="NO"
# Set dumpdev to "AUTO" to enable crash dumps, "NO" to disable
dumpdev="AUTO"
zfs_enable="YES"
dbus_enable="YES"
seatd_enable="YES"
sddm_enable="YES"
kld_list="nvidia-modeset"
linux_enable="YES"
oss_enable="YES"
bluetooth_enable="YES"

rc.local is empty.. and it dosent freeze with this method..

Wait!
Did you ADDED kld_list="snd_envy24ht" AFTER bluetooth_enable="YES" line in your /etc/rc.conf?!

IF SO, NEVER ATTEMPT OR EVEN THINK OF DOING SO!

THE 2ND AND LATER SHALL BE IN FORM LIKE BELOW.

kld_list="${kld_list} snd_envy24ht"

Otherwise, lines except the very last one are overridden and completely ignored.

You already had nvidia-modeset loaded via kld_list variable in your /etc/rc.conf. And you also have sddm_enable="YES".

If the assumptions above are correct, /boot/modules/nvidia-modeset.ko (and /boot/modules/nvidia.ko that is auto-loaded by /boot/modules/nvidia-modeset.ko) should no longer be loaded by adding kld_list="snd_envy24ht" line after kld_list="nvidia-modeset" line.

This is harmless IF YOU ARE NOT USING GRAPHICAL LOGIN MANAGERS LIKE SDDM and this is why I hate graphical login managers.
Maybe what happened would be falling back to generic driver like x11-drivers/xf86-video-scfb (or if you're booting via legacy BIOS and your vty is running sc [not vt] driver, x11-drivers/xf86-video-vesa), thus, sddm cannot find screen and freezes.

 

[Matthew45]

You are right!! i added it after bluetooth enable xD but i removed it, and after loading envy24ht properly without manually touching rc.conf again, this sudo sysrc kld_list+=snd_envy24ht, it boots normally and my card is visible and playing..i am new to BSD and i am a slow learner

 

[Zare]

Great. Also note that man pages for Envy24 and HT are stale and you should have full recording + digital support.

Do a mixer -f /dev/mixer8 to see all the channels available.

T-Aoki great eye there.

 

[T-Aoki]

You are right!! i added it after bluetooth enable xD but i removed it, and after loading envy24ht properly without manually touching rc.conf again, this sudo sysrc kld_list+=snd_envy24ht, it boots normally and my card is visible and playing..i am new to BSD and i am a slow learner

sysrc(8) allows expression like sysrc kld_list+=snd_envy24ht, but actually it looks for all lines related with kld_list in your /etc/rc.conf, then, merge them into single line like kld_list="nvidia-modeset snd_envy24ht", because /etc/rc.conf doesn't allow expression like kld_list+=snd_envy24ht.

 

[Matthew45]

sysrc(8) allows expression like sysrc kld_list+=snd_envy24ht, but actually it looks for all lines related with kld_list in your /etc/rc.conf, then, merge them into single line like kld_list="nvidia-modeset snd_envy24ht", because /etc/rc.conf doesn't allow expression like kld_list+=snd_envy24ht.

Ok now i understand better where i stucked and just learned something new!!thanks....man.. i really thought i must buy another card (Again) lol..You guys are very helpfull, good thing is that i have some basic knowledge, but without it i would never get this card working, or even install and setup BSD 15 for that matter..D And again Thanks Zare for solving my issue..!!