From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 7 17:29:00 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4078416A4BF for ; Sun, 7 Sep 2003 17:29:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rutger.owt.com (rutger.owt.com [204.118.6.16]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EFD243F3F for ; Sun, 7 Sep 2003 17:28:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kstewart@owt.com) Received: from topaz-out (owt-207-41-94-233.owt.com [207.41.94.233]) by rutger.owt.com (8.11.6p2/8.9.3) with ESMTP id h880Sv224247; Sun, 7 Sep 2003 17:28:57 -0700 From: Kent Stewart To: fireal@earthlink.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 17:28:57 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.3 References: <5389836.1062973191322.JavaMail.nobody@daisy.psp.pas.earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <5389836.1062973191322.JavaMail.nobody@daisy.psp.pas.earthlink.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200309071728.57126.kstewart@owt.com> Subject: Re: Soundblaster Live! on FreeBSD 4.8? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2003 00:29:00 -0000 On Sunday 07 September 2003 01:19 pm, fireal@earthlink.net wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I am trying to find out how to get sound configured on my machine > with FreeBSD 4.8 (or even 5.1) for that matter. I have a Creative > Soundblaster Live! card. I added sound to the kernel, rebooted, and > made the device(for 4.8). I can see the card in dmesg, and even get > a volume control (using KDE), but cannot play any sounds. =E2=80=9Cfstat= | > grep dsp=E2=80=9D shows artsd running. But running or not, I have no > sound. > > I have searched the various related lists, checked the handbook, > google.com/bsd, etc, and can find no definite answer to my question.=20 > I understand that SB Live isn=E2=80=99t supported, yet some people say th= at > have them set up and working, and that there is no reason they should > not work in BSD. I=E2=80=99m just wondering if there is anything that I > can do, or are any resources to check into. > =46or sound, did you add "device pcm" to your kernel config file? If you=20 did, then did you=20 cd /dev sh MAKEDEV snd0 I have a "Live 5.1" and an Audigy gamer. The live works just fine and=20 has for an awfully long time. Kent =2D-=20 Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html