Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 13:32:58 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington <wash@iconnect.co.ke> To: FBSD-Q <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Sound Problem. Message-ID: <20010207133258.B67000@poeza.iconnect.co.ke> In-Reply-To: <3A81C86E.9CB96553@home.com>; from "hawk" on Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 02:13:02PM -0800 References: <802569EC.0035074A.00@itnet.co.uk> <3A81C86E.9CB96553@home.com>
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* hawk <cyberhawk@home.com> [20010207 13:13]: writing on the subject 'Sound Problem.' hawk> Hey all, im asking this on newbies because im sure other newbies have had this hawk> same problem. Due to the fact *nix systems are becomming more and more hawk> popular each and everyday, not only as high-end servers for startup companys, hawk> but as well as the home market. Im also asking on the questions list because well hawk> i need help ;) hawk> hawk> (blah blah, i cant belive i said that ;) hawk> anyways.. heres my question. hawk> hawk> Clean installed FreeBSD 4.2 The Generic Kernel. hawk> Now, how can i get sound on my Sound blaster 16b ISA (SB16b) hawk> to play, using say, mpg123. Ive seen my friend do it (whom i cant contact as of now) hawk> with no problems, however, well over a week of trying, i just cant get a single sound hawk> to hawk> play. Any help would be greatly apprciated. (it really is annoying to use windows for hawk> mp3s ;) You need to recompile a kernel with this 2 entries: device sbc device pcm After that you need to cd /dev ./MAKEDEV snd0 Verify that it was nicely detected by cat /dev/sndstat Try playing your MP3z (I use xmms to do that) and tell us if still doesn't work. I hope you'll know howto compile a kernel. -Wash -- Odhiambo Washington Inter-Connect Ltd., wash@iconnect.co.ke 5th Flr Furaha Plaza Tel: 254 11 222604 Nkrumah Rd., Fax: 254 11 222636 PO Box 83613 MOMBASA, KE. Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. -Leo Tolstoy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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