Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1998 01:11:05 -0500 (EST) From: Chris Martino <chrismar@peanut.readington.com> To: Robert <robert@namodn.com> Cc: Franky <franky@sife.swau.edu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sound card & Modem Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981219011008.18673A-100000@peanut.readington.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981218211107.29367A-100000@namodn.com>
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My $0.02: I found that kscd works quite well with an IDE CD-ROM...I actually like it better than xcdplayer... :-) Chris -- Chris Martino chrismar@readington.com On Fri, 18 Dec 1998, Robert wrote: > 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 ) > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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