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Date:      Tue, 02 May 2000 23:54:35 -0700
From:      Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com>
To:        Brennan W Stehling <brennan@offwhite.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: sound blaster and snd0
Message-ID:  <390FCD2B.B59F9891@3-cities.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10005030142520.44726-100000@home.offwhite.net>

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Brennan W Stehling wrote:
> 
> I had sound working before and it works so easily that I am confused as to
> why it is not working now.  I have a simple Sound Blaster card and my
> hardware is plug n play.  I think i can use the following kernel options
> to get it to work.
> 
> #controller     snd0
> #device sb0
> #device sbxvi0
> #device sbmidi0
> #device awe0
> #device pas0
> 
> I have turned on the first two lines and the sound did not work.  I turn
> on the rest and it does not work.  It just does not want to work.
> 
> What I am now thinking is that I am forgetting this final step in the
> build for this device...
> 
> cd /dev; sh MAKEDEV snd0

I use "device pcm" in the kernel and did a "./MAKEDEV snd0" to get
sound on 4.0. If you are using 3.4, you have to make snd1. Those are
the only two things I did to make sound work with KDE. I had to enable
system sounds in KDE and set kscd to the proper /dev/acd0c for the
cdrom.

Kent

> 
> If I do that I am thinking that sound will work once again.  Does that
> sound right?  What kernel options should I use exactly for my hardware?
> 
> Here is some info from dmesg...
> 
> PCI bus
> Probing for PnP devices:
> CSN 1 Vendor ID: CTL00f0 [0xf0008c0e] Serial 0xffffffff Comp ID: PNPb02f
> [0x2fb0d041]
> 
> I can provide more hardware info if necessary.
> 
> Brennan Stehling - web developer and sys admin
> projects: www.greasydaemon.com | www.onmilwaukee.com | www.sncalumni.com
> 
> fortune:
> A fool-proof method for sculpting an elephant: first, get a huge block
> of marble; then you chip away everything that doesn't look like an
> elephant.
> 
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