Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 12:59:50 -0800 (PST) From: Howard Lew <hlew@sequence.Stanford.EDU> To: Mohd Hisham HajiIsmail <hajiisma@ecn.purdue.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wow... got sound.. but! Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.970131125520.18282B-100000@marmite.Stanford.EDU> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.91.970130231456.25180B-100000@webb.ecn.purdue.edu>
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On Thu, 30 Jan 1997, Mohd Hisham HajiIsmail wrote: > > > On Thu, 30 Jan 1997, Howard Lew wrote: > > > > > > > > > Yes, 1 & 3 are correct. The mixer is also there in /dev, but I am not > > > > sure how to turn up the volume. I tried using cam, but for the sound > > > > blaster mode, it keeps saying: > > > > > > > > SOUND_MIXER_READ_DEVMASK : Error reading /dev/mixer > > > > Yes, I also tried: sh MAKEDEV snd0, but that did not solve the mixer > > error. Apparently, the code seems to not detect a mixer (although I > > know one does exist) because typing mixer gets the device not configured > > error. > > > > I looked into the mixer code and I might be able to bluff it by skipping > > the mixer detection and making it the SoundBlaster Pro mixer by default. > > But even if that works, it will only be 8 bit sound instead of 16 bit MSS. > > But oh well... I will be happy to hear any sound. Oh well, setting the mixer to Sound Blaster Pro by default doesn't do it and I still get that mixer error. > > > > How does the booting messages look like? > Maybe we can start from there... If I configure it for Sound Blaster, I see: sb0 at 0x220 irq 7 drq 1 flags 0x3 on isa sb0: <SoundBlaster 2.1> mss0: disabled, not probed. opl0 at 0x388 on isa opl0: <Yamaha OPL-3 FM> mpu0 at 0x330 irq 9 drq 0 on isa mpu0: <MPU-401 MIDI Interface 0.0 > If I configure it for MSS, I see: sb0: disabled, not probed. mss0 at 0x530 irq 10 drq 1 on isa gus0: <MS Sound System (CS4231)> opl0 at 0x388 on isa opl0: <Yamaha OPL-3 FM> mpu0 at 0x330 irq 9 drq 0 on isa mpu0: <MPU-401 MIDI Interface 0.0 > > > BTW: There's a really handy info about this in the comp.os.bsd.freebsd.misc > I forgot how the header looks like > > ---- || Shoppers Network BEST PRICES, FULLY x86 COMPATIBLE & FAST!!! || PO BOX 16627 Cyrix 686s now available! || San Francisco, CA 94116 Email - info@shoppersnet.com | ------------------------------> WWW - http://www2.shoppersnet.com -------------------------------> WWW - http://www.shoppersnet.com/shopping
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