From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 7 20:33:38 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6930A16A4BF for ; Sun, 7 Sep 2003 20:33:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sccrmhc13.comcast.net (sccrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.202.64]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABE7D43F85 for ; Sun, 7 Sep 2003 20:33:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from paulbeard@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (12-231-115-57.client.attbi.com[12.231.115.57](untrusted sender)) by comcast.net (sccrmhc13) with SMTP id <2003090803333601600g2hq2e>; Mon, 8 Sep 2003 03:33:36 +0000 Message-ID: <3F5BF890.7020306@mac.com> Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2003 20:33:36 -0700 From: paul beard User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.5a) Gecko/20030731 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <974547.1062984005801.JavaMail.nobody@daisy.psp.pas.earthlink.net> <1062984271.95857.79.camel@jake> In-Reply-To: <1062984271.95857.79.camel@jake> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Soundblaster Live! on FreeBSD 4.8? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2003 03:33:38 -0000 Adam McLaurin wrote: > On Sun, 2003-09-07 at 19:20, fireal@earthlink.net wrote: > >> My understanding is that SBLive cards are not supported, and >> if you get one to work you're lucky. Is this correct, or >> should they work with no problem? Is there anything I can >> try, or are there any resources to check? > > > This is incorrect. My SB Live has worked just fine on 4.6.2, > 4.7, 4.8, and 5.1. I didn't do anything outside of what the > handbook instructed me to do. > > I'd be suspicious of artsd causing you problems. I've heard of > this before, but I don't know the solution. Check the mailing > list archives. The SBlive is fine with FreeBSD: I also had troubles when I was running KDE (unloading/reloading the pcm driver would lock up and reboot my system). Try a different window manager or just try running a command line audio program before loading KDE/Xwindows and see how you get on. I found that artsd didn't always play well with others . . . . -- Paul Beard whois -h whois.networksolutions.com ha=pb202 "He was so narrow minded he could see through a keyhole with both eyes ..."