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Date:      Fri, 18 Dec 1998 21:21:43 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Robert <robert@namodn.com>
To:        Franky <franky@sife.swau.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Sound card & Modem
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.981218211107.29367A-100000@namodn.com>
In-Reply-To: <3679381B.39E8EED2@sife.swau.edu>

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Hiya.

On Thu, 17 Dec 1998, Franky wrote:

> I am running FreeBSD ver 2.2.8
> 
> I have couple problems with sound card and modem
> please help me!
> 
> first:
> I want to be able to hear cd(music) from my computer.
> I have reconfigure the kernel so it detect and know the sound card and
> the cdrom but I dont know what to do next. because i still could not
> listen to my cd(music) from my computer

Read the handbook, type
lynx /usr/share/doc/handbook.html
and read the section on compiling your kernel with sound support.

I suggest you use the pcm0 driver, not snd0 however; an alternative sound
driver is OSS, from www.opensound.com .. OSS is extremely easy to
configure, especially for Plug and Play sound cards, and does not require 
kernel compilation. Unfortunately, it is commercial and expires after a period 
of time ( I forget exactly how long ).

If it is an IDE cdrom you are referring to, the only cd player I got to
work on 2.2.6 and my generic 24x cdrom was "xcdplayer", and even then I
must program the tracks in order for them to play. IDE ATAPI CD-ROM drives
are supported by the GENERIC kernel ( the one FreeBSD comes with ), as
long as you have it IDE support enabled. 

If you have a SCSI cdrom, you have a much wider variety of CD players to
choose from :) But cdrom support isn't the "big deal", sound support is. 

I suggest compiling your kernel with the pcm0 driver.

> 
> second:
> I want be able connect to the internet using my modem but i could not
> do it I can not make FreeBSD talk to the modem or maybe I could not
> configure them I am so upsad

If it's a "Windows Modem", it's not going to work ( unfortunately :( ) 
If it's any consolation, those modems suck :)
Be aware that in FreeBSD /dev/cuaa0 is "COM1", and /dev/cuaa1 is "COM2".

> 
> please can you help me with step by step configuration that i should
> take,

Need a little more info on what you can't get working about PPP.

> 
> My computer
>        Toshiba Infinia 7160
>        Pentium 160
>        Sound Blaster Pro 3.1 detected
>        Yamaha OPL-3 FM detected
>        MPU-401 MIDI Interface 0.0 detected
>        1.6 GB 32 MB

Looks fine, but you don't mention whether you have a SCSI or IDE
HDD/CD-ROM. ( eww, sbpro? Do you have one of those Yamaha sound cards ? )
:)

>         
> peace
> 
> thank you,
> Franky

-rob
( www.namodn.com )
( robert@namodn.com )


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