From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 11 13:18:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA03886 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 13:18:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pc196s233r1.jancomulti.com (pc196s233r1.jancomulti.com [195.139.233.196]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA03877 for ; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 13:18:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from paalsom@ifi.uio.no) Received: from ifi.uio.no (localhost.jancomulti.com [127.0.0.1]) by pc196s233r1.jancomulti.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA10364; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 22:17:34 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from paalsom@ifi.uio.no) Message-ID: <3649FEED.130BA046@ifi.uio.no> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 22:17:33 +0100 From: "Pål Sommerhein" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.7-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: mwlucas@exceptionet.com CC: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: silent sound card References: <199811112001.PAA14099@easeway.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG mwlucas@exceptionet.com wrote: > > Hello, > > I finally broke down and bought a sound card. It's a SoundBlaster 16 on a > 3.0-current ELF box (supped two nights ago). > > Built a new kernel with pca0 and pnp0. The system recognized it on boot. > Cdcontrol says it can play the disk (cdcontrol -f /dev/wcd0c play), and > cdcontrol status says that the disk is playing. > > But my speakers are silent. > > I believe the hardware is properly configured; if I switch to my (dusty) > NT hard drive, the card works perfectly. > > Any thoughts? > > Thanks, > Michael > > -- > Michael Lucas | > Exceptionet, Inc. | www.exceptionet.com > "Exceptional Networking" | > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Did you make the device nodes, i.e. /dev/MAKEDEV snd0 I just recompiled my kernel yesterday to get my soundcard working and forgot to do just that. Just a thought from a content newcomer to FreeBSD. Take care Pål To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message