From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 21 23:15:12 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 48C5616A4E6 for ; Fri, 21 Jul 2006 23:15:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ryallsd@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.175]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58EB543D4C for ; Fri, 21 Jul 2006 23:15:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ryallsd@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id m2so1567566uge for ; Fri, 21 Jul 2006 16:15:10 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=kdej2tCG5+TvXxQ1LDqko5AWZ34K/Sk6/HhbYGoWgZ/aq89xtNiOEEhINfgnAWhj8Qv2ZYuMk/l8x7aR/fhZdq0QnUP0z08T7IxqI1vIA4M2ZqGm8g+1R0IG0KC8N8NBeTRjQGZoJ13wBc1rqsi5FmQrTrILrgqLHk5uhZ1CB10= Received: by 10.78.122.11 with SMTP id u11mr636608huc; Fri, 21 Jul 2006 16:15:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.160.11 with HTTP; Fri, 21 Jul 2006 16:15:10 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 16:15:10 -0700 From: "Derrick Ryalls" To: "Rich Demanowski" In-Reply-To: <44C15EB6.4060801@RichDPhoto.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <44C14EEB.5030901@RichDPhoto.com> <44C156DA.5060701@RichDPhoto.com> <44C15EB6.4060801@RichDPhoto.com> Cc: freeBSD Subject: Re: Enabling sound? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 23:15:12 -0000 On 7/21/06, Rich Demanowski wrote: > Derrick Ryalls wrote: > > On 7/21/06, Rich Demanowski wrote: > >> Derrick Ryalls wrote: > >> > On 7/21/06, Rich Demanowski wrote: > >> >> I just dropped a SoundBlaster Live! card into my box, and have > >> followed > >> >> the directions in the handbook and the man pages. > >> >> > >> >> The following lines are in the compiled kernel: > >> >> device sound > >> >> device snd_emu10k1 > >> >> > >> >> I don't get the pcm0 lines that section 7.2.2 in the manual talks > >> >> about. cat /dev/sndstat returns: > >> >> FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm) > >> >> Installed devices: > >> >> and nothing else. > >> >> > >> >> kldload snd_emu10k1 yields no output whatsoever. When followed by > >> cat > >> >> /dev/sndstat it produces the same outputs as above. > >> >> > >> >> kld_load snd_driver yields: > >> >> ppc0: parallel port not found. > >> >> sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0x20 > >> >> sio1: port may not be enabled > >> >> ppc0: parallel port not found. > >> >> sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 > >> >> sio1: port may not be enabled > >> >> ppc0: parallel port not found. > >> >> sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 > >> >> sio1: port may not be enabled > >> >> ppc0: parallel port not found. > >> >> sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 > >> >> sio1: port may not be enabled > >> >> ppc0: parallel port not found. > >> >> sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 > >> >> sio1: port may not be enabled > >> >> ppc0: parallel port not found. > >> >> sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 > >> >> sio1: port may not be enabled > >> >> ppc0: parallel port not found. > >> >> sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 > >> >> sio1: port may not be enabled > >> >> > >> >> I recompiled with the sound and emu10k1 drivers commented out, and > >> the > >> >> kldload and cat /dev/sndstat commands still yield the same. > >> >> > >> >> I need to get sound enabled on this box, so I can do some online > >> >> training provided through streaming video. Please, please, please > >> tell > >> >> me I don't have to break down and install wankers on this thing ... > >> >> > >> > > >> > I would try this: > >> > > >> > kldload snd_driver > >> > > >> > then cat /dev/sndstat to see if perhaps a different driver is needed. > >> I tried that. That's what got me all the ppc0 and sio1 errors. > >> > >> > > > > Sorry, missed that. Record heat around here. My only other > > suggestion would involve a different sound card or possibly try a live > > O/S disk to see if the hardware is good. > Where/how do I obtain one of those? All I have are the install discs 1 > and 2 that I downloaded the iso images for, and all I can get from those > is an "emergency holographic shell" that can't even find the ls command, > let alone kldload ... > I was referring to something Knoppix like (Freesbie?) so you can see if a different version of the O/S helps. I wouldn't know how to diagnose sound issues in anything linux based though. Can you drop the card in a Windows box temporarily to see if it works there?