From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 19 06:34:30 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 2C1D016A4B3 for ; Fri, 19 Sep 2003 06:34:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sccrmhc12.comcast.net (sccrmhc12.comcast.net [204.127.202.56]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27A8943FCB for ; Fri, 19 Sep 2003 06:34:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com) Received: from be-well.ilk.org (be-well.no-ip.com[66.30.200.37]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc12) with ESMTP id <2003091913342801200hkcude>; Fri, 19 Sep 2003 13:34:28 +0000 Received: from be-well.ilk.org (lowellg.ne.client2.attbi.com [66.30.200.37] (may be forged)) by be-well.ilk.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h8JDYShW003160; Fri, 19 Sep 2003 09:34:28 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com) Received: (from lowell@localhost) by be-well.ilk.org (8.12.9/8.12.6/Submit) id h8JDYRVw003157; Fri, 19 Sep 2003 09:34:27 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: be-well.ilk.org: lowell set sender to freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org using -f Sender: lowell@be-well.no-ip.com To: liuyang99@earthlink.net References: From: Lowell Gilbert Date: 19 Sep 2003 09:34:27 -0400 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <44vfro297g.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Lines: 20 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: questions regarding sound driver X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 13:34:30 -0000 ALIAS writes: > i can't seem to get my sound to work, i've installed freebsd and got it > working before but don't remember how and everytime i try to open up a mpeg > file it says > > Sound server informational message: > > Error while initializing the sound driver: > device /dev/dsp can't be opened (Device not configured) > > The sound server will continue, using the null output device. > > i've added the device pcm to my kernel and i've configured the > /boot/loader.conf and added snd_pcm_load="YES" and used kldload snd_pcm.ko > and the error message is still coming up can someone help me? i have a sound > blaster sound card. Have you built the sound devices? [Or on 5.x, are they creating themselves?]