Created attachment 177501 [details] ouput of cat /proc/asound/card0/codec I've been trying to get audio to work when using headphones. Trying to use /boot/device.hints also remained unsuccessful[1]. Headphone and microphone sensing work correctly, just like speakers work out of the box. The very same system works under Linux. I attached information from this system in a working state there. The values are taken with headphones and microphone connected. uname -a FreeBSD cabal 11.0-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE-p2 #0: Mon Oct 24 06:55:27 UTC 2016 root@amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 cat /dev/sndstat Installed devices: pcm0: <Realtek ALC269 (Analog 2.0+HP/2.0)> (play/rec) default pcm1: <Realtek ALC269 (Left Analog Mic)> (rec) pcm2: <Intel Panther Point (HDMI/DP 8ch)> (play) No devices installed from userspace. mixer Mixer vol is currently set to 24:24 Mixer pcm is currently set to 100:100 Mixer speaker is currently set to 74:74 Mixer mix is currently set to 74:74 Mixer rec is currently set to 35:35 Mixer igain is currently set to 0:0 Mixer ogain is currently set to 100:100 Mixer monitor is currently set to 56:56 Recording source: monitor sysctl hw.snd hw.snd.maxautovchans: 16 hw.snd.default_unit: 0 hw.snd.version: 2009061500/amd64 hw.snd.default_auto: 1 hw.snd.verbose: 0 hw.snd.vpc_mixer_bypass: 1 hw.snd.feeder_rate_quality: 1 hw.snd.feeder_rate_round: 25 hw.snd.feeder_rate_max: 2016000 hw.snd.feeder_rate_min: 1 hw.snd.feeder_rate_polyphase_max: 183040 hw.snd.feeder_rate_presets: 100:8:0.85 100:36:0.92 100:164:0.97 hw.snd.feeder_eq_exact_rate: 0 hw.snd.feeder_eq_presets: PEQ:16000,0.2500,62,0.2500:-9,9,1.0:44100,48000,88200,96000,176400,192000 hw.snd.basename_clone: 1 hw.snd.compat_linux_mmap: 0 hw.snd.syncdelay: -1 hw.snd.usefrags: 0 hw.snd.vpc_reset: 0 hw.snd.vpc_0db: 45 hw.snd.vpc_autoreset: 1 hw.snd.timeout: 5 hw.snd.latency_profile: 1 hw.snd.latency: 5 hw.snd.report_soft_matrix: 1 hw.snd.report_soft_formats: 1 sysctl dev.pcm dev.pcm.2.bitperfect: 0 dev.pcm.2.buffersize: 65536 dev.pcm.2.play.vchanformat: s16le:2.0 dev.pcm.2.play.vchanrate: 48000 dev.pcm.2.play.vchanmode: passthrough dev.pcm.2.play.vchans: 1 dev.pcm.2.play.32bit: 24 dev.pcm.2.%parent: hdaa1 dev.pcm.2.%pnpinfo: dev.pcm.2.%location: nid=7 dev.pcm.2.%driver: pcm dev.pcm.2.%desc: Intel Panther Point (HDMI/DP 8ch) dev.pcm.1.bitperfect: 0 dev.pcm.1.buffersize: 65536 dev.pcm.1.rec.vchanformat: s16le:2.0 dev.pcm.1.rec.vchanrate: 48000 dev.pcm.1.rec.vchanmode: fixed dev.pcm.1.rec.vchans: 1 dev.pcm.1.rec.autosrc: 2 dev.pcm.1.rec.32bit: 24 dev.pcm.1.%parent: hdaa0 dev.pcm.1.%pnpinfo: dev.pcm.1.%location: nid=24 dev.pcm.1.%driver: pcm dev.pcm.1.%desc: Realtek ALC269 (Left Analog Mic) dev.pcm.0.bitperfect: 0 dev.pcm.0.buffersize: 65536 dev.pcm.0.rec.vchanformat: s16le:2.0 dev.pcm.0.rec.vchanrate: 48000 dev.pcm.0.rec.vchanmode: fixed dev.pcm.0.rec.vchans: 1 dev.pcm.0.rec.autosrc: 2 dev.pcm.0.rec.32bit: 24 dev.pcm.0.play.vchanformat: s16le:2.0 dev.pcm.0.play.vchanrate: 48000 dev.pcm.0.play.vchanmode: fixed dev.pcm.0.play.vchans: 1 dev.pcm.0.play.32bit: 24 dev.pcm.0.%parent: hdaa0 dev.pcm.0.%pnpinfo: dev.pcm.0.%location: nid=20,33,27 dev.pcm.0.%driver: pcm dev.pcm.0.%desc: Realtek ALC269 (Analog 2.0+HP/2.0) dev.pcm.%parent: dmesg | grep 'pcm[0-9]' pcm0: <Realtek ALC269 (Analog 2.0+HP/2.0)> at nid 20,27 and 24 on hdaa0 pcm1: <Intel Panther Point (HDMI/DP 8ch)> at nid 7 on hdaa1 pcm0: <Realtek ALC269 (Analog 2.0+HP/2.0)> at nid 20,33 and 27 on hdaa0 pcm0: Playback: pcm0: Stream cap: 0x00000001 PCM pcm0: PCM cap: 0x000e0560 16 20 24 bits, 44 48 96 192 KHz pcm0: DAC: 2 pcm0: pcm0: nid=20 [pin: Speaker (Fixed)] pcm0: + <- nid=12 [audio mixer] [src: pcm, mix] pcm0: + <- nid=2 [audio output] [src: pcm] pcm0: + <- nid=11 [audio mixer] [src: mix] pcm0: pcm0: nid=33 [pin: Headphones (Black Jack)] pcm0: + <- nid=12 [audio mixer] [src: pcm, mix] pcm0: + <- nid=2 [audio output] [src: pcm] pcm0: + <- nid=11 [audio mixer] [src: mix] pcm0: pcm0: Record: pcm0: Stream cap: 0x00000001 PCM pcm0: PCM cap: 0x000e0560 16 20 24 bits, 44 48 96 192 KHz pcm0: ADC: 8 pcm0: pcm0: nid=8 [audio input] pcm0: + <- nid=35 [audio mixer] [src: speaker, mix, monitor] pcm0: + <- nid=27 [pin: Mic (Fixed)] [src: monitor] pcm0: + <- nid=29 [beep widget] [src: speaker] pcm0: + <- nid=11 [audio mixer] [src: mix] pcm0: pcm0: Input Mix: pcm0: pcm0: nid=11 [audio mixer] pcm0: + <- nid=27 [pin: Mic (Fixed)] [src: monitor] pcm0: + <- nid=29 [beep widget] [src: speaker] pcm0: pcm0: Master Volume (OSS: vol): -65/0dB pcm0: +- ctl 1 (nid 2 out): -65/0dB (88 steps) pcm0: +- ctl 10 (nid 12 in 0): mute pcm0: +- ctl 11 (nid 12 in 1): mute pcm0: +- ctl 17 (nid 20 in ): mute pcm0: +- ctl 26 (nid 33 in ): mute pcm0: pcm0: PCM Volume (OSS: pcm): -65/0dB pcm0: +- ctl 1 (nid 2 out): -65/0dB (88 steps) pcm0: +- ctl 10 (nid 12 in 0): mute pcm0: pcm0: Microphone2 Volume (OSS: monitor): 0/36dB pcm0: +- ctl 8 (nid 11 in 3): -34/12dB (32 steps) + mute pcm0: +- ctl 25 (nid 27 out): 0/36dB (4 steps) pcm0: +- ctl 30 (nid 35 in 3): mute pcm0: pcm0: Speaker/Beep Volume (OSS: speaker): -16/12dB pcm0: +- ctl 9 (nid 11 in 4): -34/12dB (32 steps) + mute pcm0: +- ctl 31 (nid 35 in 4): mute pcm0: pcm0: Recording Level (OSS: rec): -16/30dB pcm0: +- ctl 3 (nid 8 in 0): -16/30dB (32 steps) + mute pcm0: +- ctl 30 (nid 35 in 3): mute pcm0: +- ctl 31 (nid 35 in 4): mute pcm0: +- ctl 32 (nid 35 in 5): mute pcm0: pcm0: Input Mix Level (OSS: mix): -34/12dB pcm0: +- ctl 8 (nid 11 in 3): -34/12dB (32 steps) + mute pcm0: +- ctl 9 (nid 11 in 4): -34/12dB (32 steps) + mute pcm0: +- ctl 11 (nid 12 in 1): mute pcm0: +- ctl 32 (nid 35 in 5): mute pcm0: pcm0: Input Monitoring Level (OSS: igain): 0/0dB pcm0: +- ctl 11 (nid 12 in 1): mute pcm0: pcm0: Mixer "vol": pcm0: Mixer "pcm": pcm0: Mixer "speaker": pcm0: Mixer "mix": pcm0: Mixer "rec": pcm0: Mixer "igain": pcm0: Mixer "ogain": pcm0: Mixer "monitor": pcm0: Playback channel set is: Front Left, Front Right, pcm0: Playback channel matrix is: 2.0 (connected) pcm0: Automatically set rec source to: monitor pcm0: Recording channel set is: Front Left, Front Right, pcm0: Recording channel matrix is: 2.0 (unknown) random: harvesting attach, 8 bytes (4 bits) from pcm0 pcm1: <Realtek ALC269 (Left Analog Mic)> at nid 24 on hdaa0 pcm1: Record: pcm1: Stream cap: 0x00000001 PCM pcm1: PCM cap: 0x000e0560 16 20 24 bits, 44 48 96 192 KHz pcm1: ADC: 9 pcm1: pcm1: nid=9 [audio input] pcm1: + <- nid=34 [audio selector] [src: speaker, mic] pcm1: + <- nid=24 [pin: Mic (Pink Jack)] [src: mic] pcm1: + <- nid=29 [beep widget] [src: speaker] pcm1: pcm1: Microphone Volume (OSS: mic): 0/36dB pcm1: +- ctl 4 (nid 9 in 0): -16/30dB (32 steps) + mute pcm1: +- ctl 20 (nid 24 out): 0/36dB (4 steps) pcm1: pcm1: Speaker/Beep Volume (OSS: speaker) pcm1: +- ctl 4 (nid 9 in 0): -16/30dB (32 steps) + mute pcm1: pcm1: Recording Level (OSS: rec): -16/30dB pcm1: +- ctl 4 (nid 9 in 0): -16/30dB (32 steps) + mute pcm1: +- ctl 20 (nid 24 out): 0/36dB (4 steps) pcm1: pcm1: Mixer "mic": pcm1: Mixer "rec": pcm1: Automatically set rec source to: mic pcm1: Recording channel set is: Front Left, Front Right, pcm1: Recording channel matrix is: 2.0 (connected) random: harvesting attach, 8 bytes (4 bits) from pcm1 pcm2: <Intel Panther Point (HDMI/DP 8ch)> at nid 7 on hdaa1 pcm2: Playback: pcm2: Stream cap: 0x00000005 AC3 PCM pcm2: PCM cap: 0x001e07f0 16 20 24 32 bits, 32 44 48 88 96 176 192 KHz pcm2: DAC: 4 pcm2: pcm2: nid=7 [pin: Digital-out (Jack)] pcm2: + <- nid=4 [audio output] [src: pcm] pcm2: pcm2: Master Volume (OSS: vol): 0/0dB pcm2: +- ctl 3 (nid 7 in ): mute pcm2: pcm2: PCM Volume (OSS: pcm): 0/0dB pcm2: +- ctl 3 (nid 7 in ): mute pcm2: pcm2: Mixer "vol": pcm2: Mixer "pcm": pcm2: Soft PCM mixer ENABLED pcm2: Playback channel matrix is: unknown, assuming 7.1 (disconnected) random: harvesting attach, 8 bytes (4 bits) from pcm2 [1] See (also contains some other behavior): https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/58623/#post-335870
Even though I currently fail to see why a system upgrade fixed this issue. Should someone want to look into this see this post: https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/58623/page-2#post-337692