From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jul 31 8:29:19 2002 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 B5A4837B400 for ; Wed, 31 Jul 2002 08:29:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from viefep13-int.chello.at (viefep13-int.chello.at [213.46.255.15]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CC2F43E3B for ; Wed, 31 Jul 2002 08:29:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ant@overclockers.at) Received: from Deadcell.ant ([212.17.108.240]) by viefep13-int.chello.at (InterMail vM.5.01.03.06 201-253-122-118-106-20010523) with ESMTP id <20020731152912.OHZW9315.viefep13-int.chello.at@Deadcell.ant>; Wed, 31 Jul 2002 17:29:12 +0200 Received: from Deadcell.ant (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Deadcell.ant (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g6VFTChY011738; Wed, 31 Jul 2002 17:29:12 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ant@Deadcell.ant) Received: (from ant@localhost) by Deadcell.ant (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g6VFT6kB011737; Wed, 31 Jul 2002 17:29:06 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 17:29:06 +0200 From: Andreas Ntaflos To: Dale Morris Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AC 97 Sound Message-ID: <20020731152906.GA11668@Deadcell.ant> References: <20020729165412.GB6708@well.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020729165412.GB6708@well.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Jul 29, 2002 at 09:54:12AM -0700, Dale Morris wrote: > > Do I have to recompile the kernel to get sound working or can I do: > > root # kldload AC97**module (whatever the appropriate module or modules > are from the /modules directory) and get sound that way? I have an AC97 "soundchip" in my Toshiba Laptop and doing a `kldload snd_ich` works pretty well. > > I've read the handbook on this and am still somewhat confused, it > appears the pcm module should work with AC97 onboard sound, but so far > I've been unsuccessful. Put the following line into your kernel config file: device pcm this should get you going, although I am not sure if you still have to load the snd_ich module. Think not. > > If anyone can point me to a good newbie/bonehead site for kernel > compilation, I would sure appreciate it. What's wrong with the handbook itself? http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig.html HTH regards -- Andreas "ant" Ntaflos ant@overclockers.at Vienna, AUSTRIA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message