Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 11:32:29 -0500 From: "Teilhard Knight" <teilhk@crosswinds.net> To: "FreeBSD" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Sound driver Message-ID: <04bb01c5d7ef$5e3ba550$210110ac@fortunato> References: <03c201c5d764$be36c8d0$210110ac@fortunato> <435AD3B3.7030506@mkproductions.org>
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Mark Kane wrote: > Teilhard Knight wrote: >> Hello: >> >> I have only compiled a kernel for FreeBSD for the series 4.x. I now >> installed version 5.4, and I do not have sound. I am compiling my >> custom kernel essentially to get sound. In the series 4.x the driver >> "pcm" worked fine for me. My question is whether I should stick to >> the same driver or I should use another driver in the 5.4 install. >> Any feedback will be appreciated. >> >> Teilhard. > > Hi. Check out: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/sound-setup.html > > It's "device sound" in 5.x instead of "device pcm". Obviously then add > in support for your specific sound card with the documentation > provided there. > > Hope that helps. It helped a lot. I issued the command "kldload sound" in my original kernel, and loaded the module snd_ich. I have sound now when I click on "test sound" in the sound section of the CC and on starting a KDE session. Problem is, I only get sound through the right hand side and I get nothing when trying to play a CD. Any ideas? Teilhard
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