From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 4 12:28:31 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 84D7016A4CE for ; Sat, 4 Dec 2004 12:28:31 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net (smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.62]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4695A43D2D for ; Sat, 4 Dec 2004 12:28:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gerard-seibert@rcn.com) Received: from 207-237-110-41.c3-0.crm-ubr4.crm.ny.cable.rcn.com ([207.237.110.41] helo=[192.168.0.2]) by smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #7) id 1CaZ1a-0005Tq-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 04 Dec 2004 07:28:30 -0500 Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2004 07:28:35 -0500 From: Gerard Seibert To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: Gerard@FreeBSD.ORG, Seibert@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20041204120111.1F52D16A4D7@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20041204120111.1F52D16A4D7@hub.freebsd.org> Message-Id: <20041204072144.DE6C.GERARD-SEIBERT@rcn.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.12.01 [en] Subject: Re: Sound & KDE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: gerard-seibert@rcn.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2004 12:28:31 -0000 On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 18:38:02 -0500 Trey Sizemore wrote: |>Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 18:38:02 -0500 |>From: Trey Sizemore |>Subject: Re: Sound and KDE |>To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org |>Message-ID: <1102117082.687.3.camel@localhost> |>Content-Type: text/plain |> |>On Fri, 2004-12-03 at 17:17 -0500, Gerard Seibert wrote: |>> I have just recently completed a fresh install of FreeBSD 5.3. Upon |>> completion, I built a new 'kernel', which included a sound driver. |>> Everything seems to work correctly. Using 'cdcontrol', I can play an audio |>> disk without any problems. |>> |>> Unfortunately, I cannot get sound to work in KDE. I have the latest |>> versions of 'xorg' and 'kde' loaded. When 'kde' loads, it displays this |>> error message: |>> |>> Sound Server information 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 have no idea where to proceed from this point. When I had FreeBSD 5.2.1 |>> installed, 'kde' worked fine. I formatted the HD prior to installing the |>> new version to minimize any latent errors from being introduced into the |>> new version. Therefore, nothing from the old version could be the cause of |>> this problem. |>> |>> Does anyone have any suggestions? |>> |>> Thanks! |>> |>> Gerard Seibert |>> gerard-seibert@rcn.com |> |> |>Have you tried: |> |># kldload snd_driver |> |>I have a SoundBlaster Live! card, so I was more specific and used |> |># kldload snd_emu10k1 |> |>and added snd_emu10k1_load="YES" to /boot/loader.conf, restarted the |>machine, and now it works like a champ. See |> |>http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/sound-setup.html |> |>for more info. |> |>HTH! ********** Reply Separator ********** Saturday, December 04, 2004 7:21:44 AM If I am understanding you correctly, I have to add that information into the '/boot/bootloader.conf' file even though I have sound compiled into my 'kernel'. I thought that compiling sound into the 'kernel' took care of that. In any case, I will try your suggestion. Thanks! ******************** "You never know how many friends you have until you own a Condo on the beach." -- Jason's Postulate