Date: Mon, 03 Nov 1997 01:10:49 -0800 (PST) From: Donald Burr <dburr@POBoxes.com> To: Matthew Cravit <mcravit@best.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Problems with sounds on a Toshiba Satellite 205 Message-ID: <XFMail.971103011352.dburr@POBoxes.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971102233854.27632A-100000@shell3.ba.best.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- My secret spy satellite informs me that on 03-Nov-97, Matthew Cravit wrote: >I have a Toshiba Satellite 205CDS laptop, and am running FreeBSD >2.2.2-RELEASE. I'm having some trouble getting the sound card configured >properly. I've now gotten things to the point where I can do a > >cat testfile.au > /dev/audio > >and have it play, but when I try things like the RealAudio player, I get >only static from the speakers. This laptop has an ESS AudioDrive sound >chipset. The kernel configuration I'm using looks like: Sadly, many soundcards (and built-in sound support modules) that claim to be "16-bit" really are only 8-bit cards. Some programs are picky about the hardware they run on, and RealAudio is one of these programs. You have to tell it that you are using an 8-bit device. To do this, run raplayer, go into the "View" menu, choose "Preferences", then click on the "Advanced" tab. Be sure to select the "Disable 16-bit sound (use 8-bit only)" tab. I had the exact same problem with my old laptop, a CTX EZBOOK 486, which also used the ESS chipset. - --- Donald Burr <dburr@POBoxes.com> - Ask me for my PGP key | PGP: Your WWW HomePage: http://DonaldBurr.base.org/ ICQ #1347455 | right to Address: P.O. Box 91212, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-1212 | 'Net privacy. Phone: (805) 957-9666 FAX: (800) 492-5954 | USE IT. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNF2Vz/jpixuAwagxAQHUMgP+LrVdfnYZDo0QJOVjn+sVqseAaKIEyF2c /jDlnG4HRvZvfbxF79YKpgF6+XJRa50u879Lg6k03xiZuD4tqY/wXi3XbiVzjqmN I3puaXWqkUDCtcu6kt7a4Qsy6eFWy7Phm5r7F5VXimiBtmONO29SbFEM9pmWVf4s cWPtFNnBk/s= =7y1r -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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