From owner-freebsd-mobile Wed Mar 29 14:59:57 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mass.cdrom.com (mg135-034.ricochet.net [204.179.135.34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB25D37B92A for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 14:59:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Received: from mass.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA01358; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 15:03:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <200003292303.PAA01358@mass.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Mark Kent Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: (long) multiple queries about 4.0 on Sony 505HS In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 29 Mar 2000 13:48:18 PST." <200003292148.NAA12110@noc.mainstreet.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 15:03:31 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Maybe this is making sense: > > >> b) I'm assuming that the use of PNPBIOS should correspond > >> exactly with the setting of "PnP OS?" in the BIOS set-up. > >> True? > == > == No. > > With that solid "no", it looks like what I should have is > > PnP OS set to No in BIOS > and > options PNPBIOS in the kernel config > > So, now I do. And I have simply this: > > options PNPBIOS > device pcm > device sbc0 at isa? port 0x220 irq 5 drq 1 flags 0x15 > > and get this: > > sbc0: at port 0x220-0x22f irq 5 drq 1 flags 0x15 on isa0 > pcm0: on sbc0 This is the YMF744 in "soundblaster compatibility" mode. It's not a V16x though, AFAIK. > and did this > > sh MAKEDEV snd0 > > and Yes, I can change the mixer values: > > Mixer vol is currently set to 75:75 > Mixer synth is currently set to 75:56 > Mixer pcm is currently set to 75:75 > Mixer line is currently set to 75:75 > Mixer mic is currently set to 75:75 > Mixer cd is currently set to 90:90 > > and No, it does not generate sound. Grr. I don't actually know how sound is meant to be passed from your pccard CDROM to the laptop proper; there may need to be stuff changed in the pccard bridge too. 8( > >> You might also try catting something to /dev/audio to see if you get > >> any noise at all > > No noise. It sits there but can be ctrl-c'ed out, although > there is a 20 second pause before getting the shell prompt back > (after ctrl-c). If you cat something very small, does it ever come back? Basically, the root cause of the problem is that your sound device isn't supported, and doesn't look like it will be for some time. 8( -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message