From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 14 02:43:46 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 EEDA316A4CE for ; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 02:43:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (fw.farid-hajji.net [213.146.115.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70D1043FCB for ; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 02:43:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fw.farid-hajji.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hAEAh3fU025199; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 11:43:08 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 11:43:07 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <200311141043.hAEAh3fU025199@fw.farid-hajji.net> From: "Cordula's Web" To: ogautherot@freesurf.fr In-reply-to: <20031114083315.12B6AE4A01@mail.freesurf.fr> (ogautherot@freesurf.fr) X-Mailer: Emacs-21.3.1/FreeBSD-4.9-STABLE References: <200311132304.12797.list@SiddiquiFamily.org> <20031114083315.12B6AE4A01@mail.freesurf.fr> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: list@SiddiquiFamily.org Subject: Re: Sound card X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: cpghost@cordula.ws List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 10:43:47 -0000 > > Can someone point me to enabling sound on FreeBsd 5.1. Also when i use to > > start my Xsession (startx) computer used to prompt with some message about > > sound. I have suppressed it. How do change the system to get that message > > again. > > 1) your hardware (soundcard type - is it supported?) > 2) if it is supported, did you compile the module in the kernel? > 3) if it is not not compiled in the kernel, did you load the module? > > For question number 3, the magic keyword is kldload (see its manual page). # kldload snd will generally do what you want (load the correct driver). > I omitted to ask whether the card works (if you have a chance, check with > another OS on the same machine). Faulty hardware may not get initialized > properly and will cause the driver to fail. Right. What does 'dmesg' say abount sound cards/chipsets? You could also run 'pciconf -lv' (as root) and see if your card is recognized. Good luck. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/