From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 7 21:38:10 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from gershwin.tera.com (gershwin.tera.com [207.224.230.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABABA14BD4 for ; Tue, 7 Dec 1999 21:38:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@tera.com) Received: from tera.com (athena.sea.tera.com [207.224.230.169]) by gershwin.tera.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA00886; Tue, 7 Dec 1999 21:38:07 -0800 (PST) Received: by tera.com (8.8.8+Sun/SMI-SVR4) id VAA00302; Tue, 7 Dec 1999 21:38:06 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 21:38:06 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: Rishikesh Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sound in FreeBSD Message-ID: <19991207213806.B281@athena.sea.tera.com> References: <19991207235732.A15148@math.mps.ohio-state.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95us In-Reply-To: <19991207235732.A15148@math.mps.ohio-state.edu>; from Rishikesh on Tue, Dec 07, 1999 at 11:57:32PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Dec 07, 1999 at 11:57:32PM -0500, Rishikesh wrote: > I have a sound blaster compatible sound card. I am not able > to get mpg123 to play. It says cannot open /dev/dsp. > > There is no device /dev/snd0. All my attempts to do a MAKEDEV > yeild nothing. > > Any advice would be appreciated. > > Thank you. > > Rishi > > PS: I have compiled the sound support in the kernel. > If you don't have /dev/dsp, as root, cd /dev, then # sh -x MAKEDEV snd should create your device files. Of course, in your /sys/i386/conf/KERNEL config file you've got to have listed the correct driver. gary To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message