From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 4 13:40: 9 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta06-svc.ntlworld.com (mta06-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.46]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D206637B416 for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2002 13:40:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from lungfish.ntlworld.com ([62.253.152.250]) by mta06-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.23 201-229-121-123-20010418) with ESMTP id <20020104214000.NSDS308.mta06-svc.ntlworld.com@lungfish.ntlworld.com>; Fri, 4 Jan 2002 21:40:00 +0000 Received: from tuatara.goatsucker.org (tuatara.goatsucker.org [192.168.1.6]) by lungfish.ntlworld.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id g04Ldwn58095; Fri, 4 Jan 2002 21:39:58 GMT (envelope-from scott@tuatara.goatsucker.org) Received: (from scott@localhost) by tuatara.goatsucker.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g04LcXv00379; Fri, 4 Jan 2002 21:38:33 GMT (envelope-from scott) Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 21:38:33 +0000 From: Scott Mitchell To: Brian Astill Cc: Matthew Graybosch , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: soundcard install Message-ID: <20020104213833.A308@localhost> References: <007101c19326$43d99da0$f429a4cb@CO3024476A> <02010314350502.02042@BAPhD.gihon.org.au> <20020102231557.445ed5d8.matthew@starbreaker.net> <02010414245301.01095@BAPhD.gihon.org.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <02010414245301.01095@BAPhD.gihon.org.au>; from bastill@sa.apana.org.au on Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 02:24:53PM +1030 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.5-PRERELEASE i386 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 Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 02:24:53PM +1030, Brian Astill wrote: > > Compared to Linux 2.4, the > > FreeBSD kernel is a piece of cake to rebuild, IMHO. > > Hence your earlier reply, I presume. Anyway, thanks - I'll have a go. > Looks like I'll have to, if I want sound, in any case. :-) Or you could try: # kldload snd to load all the sound modules, then: # cat /dev/sndstat to see what, if any, devices were found and attached. Once you know which specific snd_foo.ko module your card is using, add a line: snd_foo_load="YES" to /boot/loader.conf, to have the right modules loaded automatically at boot time. Obviously replace 'foo' with the appropriate driver name for your hardware; for example I'm using 'emu10k1' for my SBLive! card. No need to recompile your kernel at all, although as everyone else has said, it's not at all difficult and something you should do at least once, if only to avoid loading all those drivers for hardware you don't have... HTH, Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott.mitchell@mail.com | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message