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Subject: Newbie - Install New (Linux?) Audio Drivers?
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Have had FreeBSD 4.1 installed for a bit over a month now; my first Unix.  
Have installed some packages - XFree86 4.0.1 a couple of nights ago was my 
first successful upgrade of installed software.  Have compiled & installed 
custom kernel a number of times.  So that's the general state of my "skill 
level."

I have a SB PCI 16 sound card (sold OEM in some Gateway boxes as SB PCI 64D, 
a/k/a Ensoniq Audio PCI or something like that).  Get constant bkgd 
static-type noise, which can be minimized by fiddling with speaker wires but 
never goes away.  Also, moving my cursor makes a sound like a small motorboat.

Would a different audio driver help?  I've been looking at ALSA and OSS stuff 
for Linux.  Will Linux drivers work with FreeBSD?  Where should a new audio 
driver be installed?

Or is the solution a lot simpler and more basic?

TIA,

Jud



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