From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 17 18:23:14 2005 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 0A1BD16A4CE for ; Sun, 17 Apr 2005 18:23:14 +0000 (GMT) Received: from makeworld.com (makeworld.com [216.201.118.142]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CB4443D2F for ; Sun, 17 Apr 2005 18:23:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.com [127.0.0.1]) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA71160F6; Sun, 17 Apr 2005 13:23:12 -0500 (CDT) Received: from makeworld.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (makeworld.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 01846-01; Sun, 17 Apr 2005 13:23:10 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [216.201.118.138] (racerx.makeworld.com [216.201.118.138]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9B4B60F0; Sun, 17 Apr 2005 13:23:08 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <4262A993.5010609@makeworld.com> Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 13:23:15 -0500 From: Chris User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20050414) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: edward References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.91.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by ClamAV 0.75.1/amavisd-new-2.2.1 (20041222) at makeworld.com - Isn't it ironic cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which driver for SIS sound controller ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: racerx@makeworld.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 18:23:14 -0000 edward wrote: > Hi all, > I have installed 5.3 release and KDE 3.3 on a NEC machine (i386) with an > integrated sound chip. When I start KDE, i get the following error message : > Sound server informational message: > Error while initializing the sound driver: > device /dev/dsp can't be opened (No such file or directory) > The sound server will continue, using the null output device > > I assume I need to load a kernel module (handbook wise). The integrated > sound chip on my motherboard is labeled "Silicon Integrated Systems (SIS) > sound controller" and, under Linux, the driver is snd-intel8x0 > It doesn't seem to appear in the hardware compatibility list for 5.3 > release, although it seems to be a rather common component. > Does anyone know which FreeBSD driver I should use and if I'm on the right > track ? > Thanks, > Edward Ha a look at /boot/defaults/loader.conf Look for: ### Sound modules ### There you will find some things you might use. Worse case, in /boot/loader.conf add this: sound_load="YES" snd_driver_load="YES" This will load ALL sound drivers - and ought to let you know if your sound card will work. If so, you can then weed out the drivers that are not needed until you have the one you need. It's crude, but it starts you out. -- Best regards, Chris There is always more dirty laundry then clean laundry.