Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 19:16:06 +0000 From: "SPYRIDON PAPADOPOULOS" <SP373@student.apu.ac.uk> To: kalin@el.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Re: missing /dev/dsp Message-ID: <1137093366.8ba70fa0SP373@student.apu.ac.uk>
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Hi again, -----Original Message----- From: "kalin mintchev" <kalin@el.net> To: SP373@student.apu.ac.uk Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 13:51:03 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: missing /dev/dsp > Hi, > > What pciconf -lv says? Can you find your card there? > not there. everything else seems to be fine but the >sound card is not th= ere. Well if it is not there then you must call them back and report this, since= also you cannot see the card in dmesg... > BIOS updates are known to make things better, but there are few chances t= o > cause such problems, in which case you can go back to a previous version. > Before you think of that however, find and read what the new version they > installed, is fixing. Be sure before start messing with the bios. > right... but how to be sure that are the bios and >they didn't screwed th= e >card itself when they where replacing the board >where the ram slots are?! ..Of course there are chances that things can go wrong, as you are mentioni= ng above.It looks h/w problem or compatibility issue maybe, so call them = back and report your problem.=20 However you took the machine back in 48 hours probably because: they unscrew one screw and changed your memory (not replacing the board..) = and memory slots are not close to the sound card (are exatly under your l= eft hand.(one screw) as i can see, then they updated the BIOS, then run s= ome tests which passed, finally dispatched your laptop. Please don't try to open your laptop, i have a T30 here out of warranty. Ju= st call them back, they will not charge you probably. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: "kalin mintchev" <kalin@el.net> > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 02:13:41 -0500 (EST) > Subject: missing /dev/dsp > > > > hi all.. > > i sent my t30 to ibm to replace a not working ram slot and i got it back > in less then 48 hrs. pretty good. except the /dev/dsp is missing. > > i don't see any cards in the dmesg but i know that the audio card is > "SoundBlaster compatible". my system is 5.4 and according to the handbook > devfs should figure it out - i haven't had to do this before... > a have the audio enabled in the kernel... pcm... > > any ideas why is the dsp missing? i think they did bios upgrade - is tha= t > what screwed it up? > > thanks... > > -- > > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > > > > -- _______________________________________________ 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= "
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