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Date:      Wed, 3 May 2000 11:21:30 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Brennan W Stehling <brennan@offwhite.net>
To:        Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com>
Cc:        Travis Leuthauser <travis@winconx.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: sound blaster and snd0
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10005031119540.47355-100000@home.offwhite.net>
In-Reply-To: <39105164.F2DFB5A8@3-cities.com>

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I am still at 3.4STABLE as I am waiting for issues with 4.0 to be worked
out.  I attempted an upgrade a couple of times but had troubles getting
the ide drives to work, so I decided to wait till I can get a 4.1 cd and
build it cleanly.

How do I get my sb16 working with 3.4 STABLE?

Brennan Stehling - web developer and sys admin
projects: www.greasydaemon.com | www.onmilwaukee.com | www.sncalumni.com

fortune:
Steele's Plagiarism of Somebody's Philosophy:
	Everybody should believe in something -- I believe I'll have
another drink.

On Wed, 3 May 2000, Kent Stewart wrote:

> 
> 
> Brennan W Stehling wrote:
> > 
> > I was able to compile with just...
> > 
> > device pcm0
> 
> Just "device pcm" for 4.0. Then you will see 
> 
> sbc0: <Creative SB16/SB32> at port 0x220-0x22f,0x330-0x331,0x388-0x38b
> irq 5 drq
>  1,5 on isa0
> sbc0: setting card to irq 5, drq 1, 5
> pcm0: <SB DSP 4.13> on sbc0
> 
> Which you access with ./MAKEDEV snd0
> 
> Kent
> 
> > 
> > ...but it does not seem to work fully.  Here is the contents of
> > /dev/sndstat.
> > 
> > Installed devices:
> > pcm1: <SoundBlaster 16 4.16> at 0x220 irq 5 dma 1:3
> > sequencer1: <???> at 0x388 (not functional)
> > 
> > That does not look right and when I start up X with kde it dies whenever I
> > try to run an application.  I just re-install KDE fresh last night to make
> > sure it was not a KDE issue.
> > 
> > I ran "sh MAKDEV snd1" and that did not appear to do much.  Then I ran "sh
> > MAKDEV snd0" just to see if that work.  Neither seemed to correct it.
> > Here is some info from dmesg.
> > 
> > pcm1 (SB16pnp <Vibra16X> sn 0xffffffff) at 0x220-0x22f irq 5 drq 1 flags
> > 0x13 on isa
> > pcm0: unit not configured, perhaps you want pcm1 ?
> > 
> > Should I be compiling pcm1?  Should I do a "sh MAKEDEV pcm0" to complete
> > this?
> > 
> > If you need more info I will gladly provide it.
> > 
> > Brennan Stehling - web developer and sys admin
> > projects: www.greasydaemon.com | www.onmilwaukee.com | www.sncalumni.com
> > 
> > fortune:
> > Steele's Plagiarism of Somebody's Philosophy:
> >         Everybody should believe in something -- I believe I'll have
> > another drink.
> > 
> > On Wed, 3 May 2000, Travis Leuthauser wrote:
> > 
> > > Use just device pcm0.
> > >
> > > Travis Leuthauser
> > > Network Administrator
> > > DDS Group
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Brennan W Stehling" <brennan@offwhite.net>
> > > To: "Kent Stewart" <kstewart@3-cities.com>
> > > Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 10:01 AM
> > > Subject: Re: sound blaster and snd0
> > >
> > >
> > > > I tried the following and I cannot even get the kernel to compile.
> > > >
> > > > controller snd1
> > > > device pcm0
> > > >
> > > > I can run config and make depend alright, but the make bombs out.  What
> > > > could I be doing wrong?
> > > >
> > > > Brennan Stehling - web developer and sys admin
> > > > projects: www.greasydaemon.com | www.onmilwaukee.com | www.sncalumni.com
> > > >
> > > > fortune:
> > > > "By the time they had diminished from 50 to 8, the other dwarves began
> > > > to suspect 'Hungry' ..."
> > > > -- Gary Larson, "The Far Side"
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, 2 May 2000, Kent Stewart wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Brennan W Stehling wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I had sound working before and it works so easily that I am confused
> > > as to
> > > > > > why it is not working now.  I have a simple Sound Blaster card and my
> > > > > > hardware is plug n play.  I think i can use the following kernel
> > > options
> > > > > > to get it to work.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > #controller     snd0
> > > > > > #device sb0
> > > > > > #device sbxvi0
> > > > > > #device sbmidi0
> > > > > > #device awe0
> > > > > > #device pas0
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have turned on the first two lines and the sound did not work.  I
> > > turn
> > > > > > on the rest and it does not work.  It just does not want to work.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > What I am now thinking is that I am forgetting this final step in the
> > > > > > build for this device...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > cd /dev; sh MAKEDEV snd0
> > > > >
> > > > > I use "device pcm" in the kernel and did a "./MAKEDEV snd0" to get
> > > > > sound on 4.0. If you are using 3.4, you have to make snd1. Those are
> > > > > the only two things I did to make sound work with KDE. I had to enable
> > > > > system sounds in KDE and set kscd to the proper /dev/acd0c for the
> > > > > cdrom.
> > > > >
> > > > > Kent
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > If I do that I am thinking that sound will work once again.  Does that
> > > > > > sound right?  What kernel options should I use exactly for my
> > > hardware?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Here is some info from dmesg...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > PCI bus
> > > > > > Probing for PnP devices:
> > > > > > CSN 1 Vendor ID: CTL00f0 [0xf0008c0e] Serial 0xffffffff Comp ID:
> > > PNPb02f
> > > > > > [0x2fb0d041]
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I can provide more hardware info if necessary.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Brennan Stehling - web developer and sys admin
> > > > > > projects: www.greasydaemon.com | www.onmilwaukee.com |
> > > www.sncalumni.com
> > > > > >
> > > > > > fortune:
> > > > > > A fool-proof method for sculpting an elephant: first, get a huge block
> > > > > > of marble; then you chip away everything that doesn't look like an
> > > > > > elephant.
> > > > > >
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> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Kent Stewart
> > > > > Richland, WA
> > > > >
> > > > > mailto:kstewart@3-cities.com
> > > > > http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/index.html
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> > > > >
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> > >
> 
> -- 
> Kent Stewart
> Richland, WA
> 
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