From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jul 28 18:29:40 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id SAA22889 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 28 Jul 1996 18:29:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts9-line16.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.97]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA22883 for ; Sun, 28 Jul 1996 18:29:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id SAA00528; Sun, 28 Jul 1996 18:29:39 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 18:29:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Justin Ashworth cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sound in FreeBSD? In-Reply-To: <31FB4F36.41C67EA6@structured.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 28 Jul 1996, Justin Ashworth wrote: > OK, I've looked everywhere for information about setting up sound > under FreeBSD, but haven't found much at all. I have Soundblaster > support compiled into the kernel for my Soundblaster-compatible card > (Ensoniq Soundscape). > > I get the following lines when I boot: > ------------ > sb0 at 0x220 irq 9 on isa > sb0: > sbxvi0 not found > sbmidi0 not found at 0x330 > ------------ OK, it's not SB16 compatible or has a MIDI port. But you've got it. > Also, I executed "sh MAKEDEV snd0" from the /dev directory to create the > device nodes, but I still don't see /dev/snd0 as a device. Is snd0 > supposed to be an actual device, or is it merely a parameter to tell > MAKEDEV which devices to create? You're right. snd0 is the controller; it keys MAKEDEV to build the appropriate /dev/audio and /dev/dsp devices. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major