From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 15 03:28:40 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B95516A406 for ; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 03:28:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F9F313C4A3 for ; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 03:28:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tao.thought.org (8.13.8/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l1F3ScpX082259; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:28:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.13.8/8.13.1/Submit) id l1F3ScLo082258; Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:28:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline) Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:28:37 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: Garrett Cooper Message-ID: <20070215032837.GA82200@thought.org> References: <20070215015754.GA81683@thought.org> <45D3C796.3080705@u.washington.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <45D3C796.3080705@u.washington.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing twenty years of service to the Unix community Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any way to probe snd card? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 03:28:40 -0000 On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 06:38:14PM -0800, Garrett Cooper wrote: > Gary Kline wrote: > > I'm pretty stunned at how well gnome2 works on my > > antique 400MHz backup system. [[ gnome2-lite wouldn't go, for > > some reason.... [?] ]] Anyway, I do have a sound card in this > > one, but which *.ko I load or compile is the question. If > > memory serves, I think this has a Matrox card. I've tried > > adding a few sound [snd_*.ko] files, but no sound. The OSS > > dialogs open, but the tests produce no sound.. Would the sound > > card show up in dmesg if there were a sound card hiding? > > > > Any help out there? This old box is an HP Kayak "XU/XW". > > > > thanks, > > > > gary > > esound running in the background, maybe? Memory serves me correctly that > was gnome's sound daemon of choice (ew...). A cat /dev/sndstat says that my old AWE64 is there. (I'm doing a make kernel now; be done wee-hours?!) Anyway a kldload [sound|snd_sb16] and the tiny red x is beside the spkr in the upper right. Still head-scratching. Anybody else know what's going on? gary PS: esound? > -Garrett > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix