From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 29 02:15:54 2004 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 74A2716A4CE for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 02:15:54 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sage.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4C5543D39 for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 02:15:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from thought.org (tao [10.0.0.247]) by sage.thought.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i9T2Fmh0023509; Thu, 28 Oct 2004 19:15:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by thought.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i9T2FkW3031393; Thu, 28 Oct 2004 19:15:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i9T2FkZ1031392; Thu, 28 Oct 2004 19:15:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline) Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 19:15:45 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Brian Bobowski Message-ID: <20041029021545.GA31300@thought.org> References: <20041028231239.GA30897@thought.org> <41817E23.2080005@cogeco.ca> <20041028232419.GA30993@thought.org> <4181806F.5090206@cogeco.ca> <20041028234939.GB30993@thought.org> <41818AD3.1020806@cogeco.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41818AD3.1020806@cogeco.ca> X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing 18 years of service to the Unix community User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: Gary Kline cc: FreeBSD User Questions List Subject: Re: what KERNEL entry for an AWE64? 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, 29 Oct 2004 02:15:54 -0000 On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 08:12:03PM -0400, Brian Bobowski wrote: > Gary Kline wrote: > > > Seems to be a PnP card. I just tried snd_driver; no joy, so will > > try the sb16 next. Trying to use mplayerplugin. Maybe have to > > settle for realplayer. > > > > -g > > > > > Mixer settings could be at fault if you're hearing no sound; my SB Live > was VERY quiet under FreeBSD. Watch the kernel messages(via tty0 or > checking dmesg) for the success/failure of the driver loading. Also, you > can "cat /dev/random > /dev/dsp" to do a quick sound-check from the console. > > If you're running FreeBSD 5.x(which would be the case if snd_driver > existed but didn't help), the device should be created automatically if > it succeeds, and you can "cat /dev/sndstat" for info. If 4.x(which just > uses "snd" not "snd_driver"), you may have to create a device node, > which is something I have no experience with. > > If none of this works, you might want to check the HARDWARE.TXT file for > your version of FreeBSD(should be on the installation media). Not only > will this let you know the card is supported, it might offer some > insight as to the driver? > > HTH, I can't presently think of anything more. > Well, no sound. The speakrs make a sound when I hit the power swich, from sndstat I see that the card is there; so is the snd_sb16 driver. Otherwise, nothing. So looks like bad hardware. (??) thanks for your hdlp. garY -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix