Solaris

Hi Gull,

That's something I didn't think about.
Do you mean the teeny-tiny speaker that beeps? i.e. When the RAM is missing/defective, there is a series of beeps.
I only mention that because this Asus K8N-DRE is a server-type motherboard and doesn't come with on-board sound per-SE.
That being said, I'm going to check the BIOS and see if there is a way to disable whatever on-board sound, if any.

Thanks for your time and input Gull.

-Pete

Hi,

Sorry for the delay;

Yes, I did mean the on board beep - however I have now found the link. But I'm not sure how much it will help. The link is here.

Regards

Gull04

Hi Gull,

I concur, the post is similar but the main discernible difference is that mine found the hardware and properly installed the drivers, where your link didn't.
But, that being said, I still tried going into the BIOS and doing as you said, I went through a myriad of settings, even crashing my BIOS a few times, that I had to remove my main board battery, without any luck.

Any other thoughts? I'm game for just about anything to try.

Thanks again Gull.

-Pete

I know that I'm coming into this thread late and this may be a stupid question but have you tried a different OS just to checkout the hardware is working? For example, load a 'live' DVD, perhaps even a Solaris one, run up Firefox and play some media from the web.

If that works then it's got to be a driver or other software issue, doesn't it?

Late into the thread and just a long shot here...
(I know nothing about Solaris so forgive my response if it seems trivial.)

Maybe the driver's _volume_setting_ has defaulted to minimum or off. It may require a GUI to turn it on.

If you have a default command line player, (I am making an assumption it has one), try running a simple '.wav' file to attempt to enable the volume.

Alternatively if you are allowed to install SoX this is a sophistcated command line audio tool that should do the trick if the driver(s) is not either corrupt or incorrect...

No such thing as a stupid question in this business.

That being said, as far as OS's, yes I've had several installed and recently, prior to installing Solaris, I was running Windows 10, and 7 before that with a dual boot running Ultimate Edition 4.6 Gamers Edition and NEVER had any sort of problem with sound. I tried loading the live DVD many times trying to access many sound settings, web pages, and videos without luck. I'm not so sure it's a driver related issue on the sound blaster side (or the other card I tried), or rather it may be Solaris has a bug reading the drivers properly, hence my thoughts that there's a way to fix it. I say that because the output says the hardware is found and drivers are loaded without errors. However, I need to add this disclaimer: I'm not a Solaris expert, so, there's a decent chance I'm misinterpreting the output.
I did manage to get SOX installed, unfortunately I know nothing about SOX.
WiseCracker, can you tell me where to start? i.e command and syntax regarding this audio application; I'm not sure what kind of output you'd be looking for.

Thanks guys for your help and time.
-Pete

Here goes:-

(Important note: SOX is now becoming part of many Linux installs inside '/usr/bin/'.)

Code:

#!/bin/sh
# af_test.sh
# Note my sox version is 14.4.2 so '~/sox-14.4.2/' will have to be changed to '/your/full/path/to/sox-xx.x.x/'.
dd if=/dev/urandom of=/tmp/noise.raw bs=1024 count=64
~/sox-14.4.2/sox -q -b 8 -r 8000 -v 1 -e unsigned-integer /tmp/noise.raw -d trim 0 00:02 > /tmp/sox.log 2>&1

-q = run without animation and verbose mode.
-b = bit depth, 8 bit depth here.
-r = sample rate 8000Hz.
-v = volume level, 1 is the normal maximum.
-e = encoding, unsigned-integer here.
-d = playback mode when after the filename being played.
trim 0 00:02 = play the 8 second file for 2 seconds.

-c = number of channels, not rquired here.

There is much much more!
The sox manual is extensive and what it can't do is not worth doing.