From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 14 03:23:35 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 18FBF16A4CF for ; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 03:23:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from camry.SiddiquiFamily.Org (adsl-208-191-179-4.dsl.hstntx.swbell.net [208.191.179.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED9C843FA3 for ; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 03:23:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from list@SiddiquiFamily.org) Received: from 192.168.7.100 ([192.168.7.100]) by camry.SiddiquiFamily.Org with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.0); Fri, 14 Nov 2003 05:20:34 -0600 From: List To: cpghost@cordula.ws, ogautherot@freesurf.fr Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 05:24:16 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.2 References: <200311132304.12797.list@SiddiquiFamily.org> <20031114083315.12B6AE4A01@mail.freesurf.fr> <200311141043.hAEAh3fU025199@fw.farid-hajji.net> In-Reply-To: <200311141043.hAEAh3fU025199@fw.farid-hajji.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200311140524.16513.list@SiddiquiFamily.org> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 14 Nov 2003 11:20:34.0020 (UTC) FILETIME=[5216FA40:01C3AAA1] cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sound card 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: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 11:23:35 -0000 On Friday 14 November 2003 10:43 am, Cordula's Web wrote: > > > 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. I have not complied the kernel but here is the picconf. Should i complie the kernel and then do picconf? I do not see the sound card in here. thanks for the quick reply. agp0@pci0:0:0: class=0x060000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x71908086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = '82443BX/ZX 440BX/ZX CPU to PCI Bridge (AGP Implemented)' class = bridge subclass = HOST-PCI pcib1@pci0:1:0: class=0x060400 card=0x00000000 chip=0x71918086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x01 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = '82443BX/ZX 440BX/ZX AGPset PCI-to-PCI bridge' class = bridge subclass = PCI-PCI isab0@pci0:7:0: class=0x060100 card=0x00000000 chip=0x71108086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = '82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4/4E/4M ISA Bridge' class = bridge subclass = PCI-ISA atapci0@pci0:7:1: class=0x010180 card=0x00000000 chip=0x71118086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = '82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4/4E/4M IDE Controller' class = mass storage subclass = ATA uhci0@pci0:7:2: class=0x0c0300 card=0x00000000 chip=0x71128086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = '82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4/4E/4M USB Interface' class = serial bus subclass = USB none0@pci0:7:3: class=0x068000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x71138086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = '82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4/4E/4M Power Management Controller' class = bridge subclass = PCI-unknown pcib2@pci0:15:0: class=0x060400 card=0x000000dc chip=0x00241011 rev=0x03 hdr=0x01 vendor = 'Digital Equipment Corporation' device = '21151/2 PCI to PCI Bridge' class = bridge subclass = PCI-PCI xl0@pci0:17:0: class=0x020000 card=0x00821028 chip=0x905510b7 rev=0x24 hdr=0x00 vendor = '3COM Corp, Networking Division' device = '3C905B-TX Fast Etherlink 10/100 PCI TX NIC' class = network subclass = ethernet none1@pci1:0:0: class=0x030000 card=0x00821028 chip=0x47421002 rev=0x5c hdr=0x00 vendor = 'ATI Technologies' device = 'ATI GTC (GT-C2U2) ATI 3D Rage Pro Turbo AGP 2X' class = display subclass = VGA