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Subject: Re: Sound driver
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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. :)

-Mark