From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 13 3:55: 3 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.tetronsoftware.com (ns1.tetronsoftware.com [64.217.1.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C49CE37B423 for ; Wed, 13 Sep 2000 03:54:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ns1.tetronsoftware.com (ns1.tetronsoftware.com [64.217.1.41]) by ns1.tetronsoftware.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id FAA06784; Wed, 13 Sep 2000 05:54:57 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from zeus@tetronsoftware.com) Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 05:54:57 -0500 (CDT) From: Gene Harris To: Raymond Law Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /boot/kernel.conf In-Reply-To: <4.3.0.20000912222015.00ce6750@mail.vt.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG You need to make a custom kernel that supports your sound card. If you have not configured and installed a new kernel, you need to take a look at http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/kernelconfig.html. You may also find a lot of help by searching the mailing list archives on www.freebsd.org for your specific sound card model. You may also look at /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC (kernel configuratuion) and /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/LINT for specific support for your sound card. Gene Harris On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Raymond Law wrote: > What should I do to specified the parameters for my sound card. Do put > that in /boot/kernel.conf? > > At 08:51 PM 9/12/00 -0500, Gene Harris wrote: > >On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Raymond Law wrote: > > > > > What does /boot/kernel.conf do? Can you give me some examples of using > > > it? I am having trouble configuring my sound card and I saw somewhere > > that > > > I need to enable pnp in this file. config keeps giving me the warning: > > > device pnp is unknown. > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > >kernel.conf allows you to set some user configurable parameters at boot > >time. You specify whether kernel.conf is loaded in /etc/defaults/loader.conf. > > > >However, I doubt this is your problem. You may want to check your kernel > >config file for a typo. You need to make sure that you have enabled > >controller pnp0 in your config file. Based on your config error, it sounds > >like you have specified a line such as "device pnp", which is not a > >recognized device (at least in 3.5.x) You will also need to make sure you > >have specified the correct parameters for your sound card and then recompile. > > > >Gene > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message