Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 02:27:41 +0100 From: Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com> To: albi <albi@scii.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Help to get Sound functioning on FreeBSD 5.3 Message-ID: <ef60af0905020817271cc4d463@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <42095CDF.7060507@scii.nl> References: <200502081911.33486.ean@hedron.org> <42095CDF.7060507@scii.nl>
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On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 01:44:15 +0100, albi <albi@scii.nl> wrote: > Ean Kingston wrote: > > > I've been having problems getting sound to work on FreeBSD 5.3. It worked find > > on 4.10 (before the upgrade) using the new sound system. > > ----------- quote handbook ------------ > If you are not sure which driver to use, you may try to load the > snd_driver module: > > # kldload snd_driver > > This is a metadriver loading the most common device drivers at once. > This speeds up the search for the correct driver. It is also possible to > load all sound drivers via the /boot/loader.conf facility. > > Note: Under FreeBSD 4.X, to load all sound drivers, you have to > load the snd module instead of snd_driver. > > A second method is to statically compile in support for your sound card > in your kernel. The section below provides the information you need to > add support for your hardware in this manner. For more information about > recompiling your kernel, please see Chapter 8. > 7.2.1.1 Configuring a Custom Kernel with Sound Support > > The first thing to do is adding the generic audio driver sound(4) to the > kernel, for that you will need to add the following line to the kernel > configuration file: > > device sound > ------------------ end quote ------------ > > you followed all of that ? (just to be sure) > and did you check the mixer-settings ? > > > Any suggestions on a simple command line tool to test the sound system out? > > in KDE you might encounter issues with artsd, > try ctrl-alt-F2, and then e.g. ogg123 (vorbis-tools) or mpg321 are > simple commandline tools to test your sound (in KDE there are some > small ogg-files for certain programs already, try locate or find) > > HTH > _______________________________________________ > 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" > did you try www.opensound.com ? Works great for me
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