Date: 02 Jan 2002 02:00:30 -0500 From: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: "Andrew C. Hornback" <achornback@worldnet.att.net> Cc: bastill@sa.apana.org.au, Matthew Graybosch <matthew@starbreaker.net>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: soundcard install Message-ID: <1009954835.16477.23.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <002801c1935a$ca5e4540$6600000a@ach.domain> References: <002801c1935a$ca5e4540$6600000a@ach.domain>
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On Wed, 2002-01-02 at 01:57, Andrew C. Hornback wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Brian Astill > > Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 1:28 AM > > To: Matthew Graybosch > > Cc: FreeBSD Questions > > Subject: Re: soundcard install > > > > On Wednesday 02 January 2002 11:55, Matthew Graybosch wrote: > > > > > If you're talking about a GUI tool for configuring soundcards, like > > > YaST2 or HardDrake, then you're out of luck. If you have a pcm-based > > > soundcard, all you need to do is read the Kernel Config section of > > > the handbook: > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfi > > >g.html > > > > > > Once you've done that, take the attached kernel config and place it > > > in /usr/src/sys/i386/conf. Then follow the instructions for building > > > a custom kernel using the config file I gave you. > > > > Matthew, you ARE kidding? > > Umm, no, he's not. > > > Rebuild the kernel to obtain sound? > > Yes... > > > That is absurd in this day and age. > > Depends on the machine, but on most of the systems that I've worked on, > it's been trivial. Besides, you want to tune the kernel so you only load > the drivers you need and get rid of the fluff. > > > Surely you must be mistaken? > > Nope. Unless there's a way to do a loadable kernel module to support the > sound card. I'm not too certain about such things, and I'll leave it to the > others to field that question. There is. You should be able to do kldload snd to get sound working for almost every card. Joe > > > I don't necessarily expect HardDrake or Yast - but sndconfig surely > > isn't asking too much. > > > > I had wondered why KDE in my recently installed FBSD 4.4 OS kept coming > > up with a warning about an unconfigured sound card - and I couldn't > > find a configuration utility. Surely your explanation cannot be the > > correct one? > > It is. > > > > Good luck. > > > > If you are correct, newbies will surely need all the luck the can find! > > Compiling a kernel is a "right of passage" for most FreeBSD users. If you > don't know how to do something that simple, there's a lot of things that > will confuse you even further about the system when you're dealing with the > guts of it. Greg Lehey's "The Complete FreeBSD" does a good job of > discussing how and why to recompile a kernel, and I'm sure there are > tutorials on the various BSD support sites out there describing the process > as well. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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