From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Nov 1 22:10:55 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73B7637B401 for ; Fri, 1 Nov 2002 22:10:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp013.mail.yahoo.com (smtp013.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.173.57]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 21AC743E8A for ; Fri, 1 Nov 2002 22:10:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from john_m_cooper@yahoo.com) Received: from pc016247.reshall.uidaho.edu (john?m?cooper@129.101.136.30 with plain) by smtp.mail.vip.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 2 Nov 2002 06:10:52 -0000 Subject: Re: creative sound card From: John Merryweather Cooper Reply-To: john_m_cooper@yahoo.com To: toh@boonwee.per.sg Cc: FreeBSD Stable In-Reply-To: <3DC36260.28F1C226@boonwee.per.sg> References: <3DC322FE.B3DE539@boonwee.per.sg> <1036200624.44375.2.camel@PC016247.reshall.uidaho.edu> <3DC36260.28F1C226@boonwee.per.sg> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 01 Nov 2002 22:12:29 -0800 Message-Id: <1036217550.384.9.camel@PC016247.reshall.uidaho.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Well, you have two problems, neither of which is related to FreeBSD: 1) if you are to have any chance of a working installation, you need to disable the VIA sound chip on the motherboard--read the manual, there's usually a large, block jumper for this purpose (the BIOS disable doesn't work because it doesn't block auto-detect--it's useless); 2) some VIA boards won't play nice with Soundblaster Live! at all--it creates PCI contention issues (a BIOS Flash upgrade "might" help). jmc On Fri, 2002-11-01 at 21:28, TOH, Boon-Wee wrote: > thanks for replying, but disabling the on-board VIA chip in the bios does not > seem to work. > > i recall reading somewhere that Creative Soundblaster Live! Value does not > work on FreeBSD. Is this true? > > rgds, > BW > > > John Merryweather Cooper wrote: > > > By the vendor ID, you may need to disable the on-board VIA chip first. > > > > On Fri, 2002-11-01 at 16:57, TOH, Boon-Wee wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Has anyone been able to get a Creative Soundblaster Live! Value to work > > > on FreeBSD? I am running 4.7-STABLE. > > > > > > My dmesg output is as follows: > > > > > > pci0: (vendor=0x1106, dev=0x3057) at 7.4 > > > pcm0: port 0xe000-0xe01f irq 10 at device 9.0 on pci0 > > > > > > My kernel config is as follows: > > > > > > device pcm > > > device sbc # Creative Card > > > > > > Appreciate if anyone can give some advice. > > > > > > Rgds, > > > BW > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > -- > > _ > > | |V| / ' || MacroHard -- \ > > \_| | | \_, || the perfection of form over | > > ----------------------------------|| substance, marketing over | > > Web: http://www.borgsdemons.com || performance, and greed over | > > AIM: johnmcooper || design . . . | > > Yahoo: john_m_cooper || | > > =====================================================================/ > > Public Key: http://www.borgsdemons.com/Personal/pgpkey.asc | > > =====================================================================\ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > -- _ | |V| / ' || MacroHard -- \ \_| | | \_, || the perfection of form over | ----------------------------------|| substance, marketing over | Web: http://www.borgsdemons.com || performance, and greed over | AIM: johnmcooper || design . . . | Yahoo: john_m_cooper || | =====================================================================/ Public Key: http://www.borgsdemons.com/Personal/pgpkey.asc | =====================================================================\ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message