Date: 24 Jan 2001 16:03:31 -0800 From: david@metalogik.com To: sdn@sprintlabs.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sound on Dell Inspiron 8000 Message-ID: <20010125000331.17438.cpmta@c001.snv.cp.net>
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On Wed, 24 January 2001, Steven Davidson wrote:
not working here. i do not think that the current drivers for audio support the Maestro 3x that the new dells come with.
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> david@metalogik.com wrote:
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> > anyone have sound on a dell i8k working?
> >
> > how?
> >
> > cheers,
> > david j harding - david@metalogik.com
> > metalogik industries
> >
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> No, but I just got sound working on FreeBSD 4.1.1-RELEASE.
> My computer is a Dell Optiplex GX1 with built-in audio hardware
> (no sound card added).
> The effort seemed trivial, and may apply to your machine.
> Please post your results to the list.
>
> This is all I did:
>
> I added this line to the end of my devices section of my kernel
> config file at /sys/i386/conf/MYKERNEL:
> device pcm
>
> I did:
> cd /dev
> ./MAKEDEV snd0
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> rebuild the kernel and reboot.
>
> cat sorrydave.au > /dev/audio
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> And it worked.
>
> Also of interest,
> % cat /dev/sndstat
> FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm) Jan 22 2001 16:21:02
> Installed devices:
> pcm0: <CS423x> at io 0x534 irq 5 drq 1:0 (1p/1r channels duplex)
cheers,
david j harding - david@metalogik.com
metalogik industries
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