System76 Pangolin 12 struggling to get wifi and audio to work.

[greyunix]

Hi,

I'm a long time Linux user and extrememly new to FreeBSD, I've been watching the development of FreeBSD and more specifically for the system76's Pangolin 12 laptop as seen here . I been following the development of the wifi driver during install it did identify the need for the package wifi-firmware-mt76-kmod-mt792x but this failed to install. After installation I manually installed wifi-firmware-mt76-kmod-mt7921 which did install, I then tried to follow the guide to try and get it working. I used this config

wlans_mt79210="wlan0"
create_args_wlan0="wlanmode sta regdomain etsi country GB"
ifconfig_wlan0="up WPA"
ifconfig_wlan0_ipv6="inet6 -ifdisabled accept_rtadv"

and installed wpa_supplicant with this config

network={
  ssid="HomeWifi"
  psk="MySecretPassword"
}

howeverI could never get the Wifi to work, any pointers where I'm going wrong ?

I then installed KDE desktop , I did note the caveat on the guide regarding drm-kmod, which I obviously installed following the wiki regarding AMD graphics for x window system section. However I couldn't get wifi to work before installing KDE and I don't fully understand the caveat instructions.

The second issue as seen from the compatibility wiki mentioned above, is audio, I cannot get it work following the wiki, I've even tried comments mentioned on the compatibility wiki on other hardware that has the same/similar audio hardware as seen here

this is what I tried with no such luck

   $ mixer vol=1.0 \
   $ mixer pcm=1.0 \
/boot/device.hints:
    hint.hdaa.1.nid20.config="as=1 seq=0 device=Speakers"
    hint.hdaa.1.nid33.config="as=1 seq=15 device=Headphones"

/etc/sysctl.conf
    hw.snd.vpc_0db=1

any advice as to where I can progress now ?

I would rather not have to purchase a separate laptop for FreeBSD if I can, when most of the hardware, does work already.

thanks for you help with trying to debug this.

 

[drhowarddrfine]

Will sound work without the device hints? For a new install I don't have to use those. Be sure to reboot

 

[greyunix]

Will sound work without the device hints? For a new install I don't have to use those. Be sure to reboot

I've removed the device hints and the line from sysctl.conf and rebooted. Playing a video with sound doesn't work, KDE system tray sound applet shows that sound is being played , just not outputting through the speakers

 

[T-Daemon]

Regarding Wi-Fi:

Please show us which FreeBSD version you are running: uname -a

You need to run at least 15.1-STABLE, or ideally 16.0-CURRENT to test the mt76 driver.

Which adapter exactly is used: pciconf -lv | grep -B3 network (show us only the wireless network)

Furthermore, if the connection trouble occurs on the required FreeBSD versions, you should subscribe to the freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.org mailing list and talk to the developer of the driver Bjoern A. Zeeb himself. He tends to respond ASAP and can help you best. Put [mt76] in the mail subject.

Regarding audio:

Please show us

cat /dev/sndstat
dmesg | grep hdac
sysctl dev.hdac.0.pindump=1 (look for the output in dmesg(8) or /var/log/messages.

Keep the device hints removed.

 

[greyunix]

Regarding Wi-Fi:

Please show us which FreeBSD version are you running: uname -a

You need to run at least 15.1-STABLE, or ideally 16.0-CURRENT to test the mt79 driver.

Which adapter exactly is used: pciconf -lv | grep -B3 network (show us only the wireless network)

Furthermore, if the connection trouble occurs on the required FreeBSD versions, you should subscribe to the freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.org mailing list and talk to the developer of the driver Bjoern A. Zeeb himself. He tends to respond ASAP and can help you best.

Regarding audio:

Please show us

cat /dev/sndstat
dmesg | grep hdac
sysctl dev.hdac.0.pindump=1 (look for the output in dmesg(8) or /var/log/messages.

Keep the device hints removed.

uname -a

FreeBSD freebsd-one 15.1-RELEASE-p4 FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE-p4 releng/15.1-n283627-db6066678b33 GENERIC amd64

pciconf -lv | grep -B3 network

--
none1@pci0:2:0:0:       class=0x028000 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x14c3 device=0x0608 subvendor=0x14c3 subdevice=0x0608
    vendor     = 'MEDIATEK Corp.'
    device     = 'MT7921K (RZ608) Wi-Fi 6E 80MHz'
    class      = network

Furthermore, if the connection trouble occurs on the required FreeBSD versions, you should subscribe to the freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.org mailing list and talk to the developer of the driver Bjoern A. Zeeb himself. He tends to respond ASAP and can help you best.

thanks for this I will message him to seek help with this issue.

cat /dev/sndstat

pcm0: <ATI R6xx (HDMI)> (play)
pcm1: <Conexant (0x20d0) (Analog)> (play/rec) default
pcm2: <Conexant (0x20d0) (Left Analog Headphones)> (play)
No devices installed from userspace.

dmesg | grep hdac

hdac0: <ATI (0x1640) HDA Controller> mem 0xfcac8000-0xfcacbfff at device 0.1 on pci4
hdac1: <AMD Raven HDA Controller> mem 0xfcac0000-0xfcac7fff at device 0.6 on pci4
hdacc0: <ATI R6xx HDA CODEC> at cad 0 on hdac0
hdaa0: <ATI R6xx Audio Function Group> at nid 1 on hdacc0
hdacc1: <Conexant (0x20d0) HDA CODEC> at cad 0 on hdac1
hdaa1: <Conexant (0x20d0) Audio Function Group> at nid 1 on hdacc1

sysctl dev.hdac.0.pindump=1 (ouput of dmesg)

hdaa0: Dumping AFG pins:
hdaa0: nid   0x    as seq device       conn  jack    loc        color   misc
hdaa0:  3 185600f0 15 0  Digital-out   Jack  Digital 0x18       Unknown 0
hdaa0:     Caps:    OUT              Sense: 0x7fffffff (disconnected, ELD valid)
hdaa0:  5 585600f0 15 0  Digital-out   None  Digital 0x18       Unknown 0 DISA
hdaa0:     Caps:    OUT              Sense: 0x7fffffff (disconnected, ELD valid)
hdaa0:  7 585600f0 15 0  Digital-out   None  Digital 0x18       Unknown 0 DISA
hdaa0:     Caps:    OUT              Sense: 0x7fffffff (disconnected, ELD valid)
hdaa0:  9 585600f0 15 0  Digital-out   None  Digital 0x18       Unknown 0 DISA
hdaa0:     Caps:    OUT              Sense: 0x7fffffff (disconnected, ELD valid)
hdaa0: 11 585600f0 15 0  Digital-out   None  Digital 0x18       Unknown 0 DISA
hdaa0:     Caps:    OUT              Sense: 0x7fffffff (disconnected, ELD valid)
hdaa0: NumGPIO=0 NumGPO=0 NumGPI=0 GPIWake=0 GPIUnsol=0

as a final note I did try and remove the package versions of drm-kmod and the wifi driver and compiled from ports both, rebooted, with no positive result.