Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 18:53:33 +0100 From: "Nick J. Date" <nick.date@ukonline.co.uk> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Open Sound System on FreeBSD 6 RC1 Message-ID: <000001c5d8c3$daaa3fa0$02fea8c0@nickdate> In-Reply-To: <cb5206420510240731l1222d822yeb87e30cd46335ae@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Andrew! Many thanks! I'm trying that now! Regards, Nick. -- Nick Date Bath, England, UK > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Andrew P. > Sent: 24 October 2005 15:32 > To: Nick J. Date > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Open Sound System on FreeBSD 6 RC1 > > > On 10/24/05, Andrew P. <infofarmer@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 10/24/05, Nick J. Date <nick.date@ukonline.co.uk> wrote: > > > Hiya! > > > > > > I've just "upgraded" my FreeBSD installation from 5.4-RELEASE to > > > 6.0-RC1. With 5.4 I learnt that my sound card (SoundBlaster Live! > > > 24-bit) wasn't supported by the drivers that come with > FreeBSD, so I > > > was using the free version of the Open Sound System > > > (www.opensound.com) drivers. > > > > > > On installing 6.0-RC1, I didn't want to take any chances so I > > > downloaded the OSS drivers again (selecting 6.0-RC1 as my > operating > > > system this time). The installation and sound tests > completed fine > > > and I could hear music being played. However, although the driver > > > now loads on startup, it doesn't load any sort of mixer > support and > > > the device /dev/mixer doesn't exist. Even attempting to > load OSS's > > > own mixer software reports that /dev/mixer is non-existant. A > > > re-install doesn't help and I can't find any option in the set up > > > program that might make the mixer work. > > > > > > Has anyone else had a similar problem, and if so does > anyone know of > > > a solution? > > > > > > Anyway, if anyone could give me a hand or point me in the right > > > direction it would be highly appreciated. > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > > > > Nick. > > > > > > -- > > > Nick Date > > > Bath, England, UK _______________________________________________ > > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > > http://www.4front-tech.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=560 > > > > Actually, apart from editing devfs.conf as per my > advice in the topic, I've got a startup script, > /root/oss.sh, containing these: > > #!/bin/sh > /usr/local/lib/oss/bin/soundon > /etc/rc.d/devfs restart > > and a line in /etc/crontab: > @reboot root sleep 30 && /root/oss.sh > > I am thinking about writing a port, but still only > thinking. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/free>; bsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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