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Date:      Fri, 13 Jul 2001 11:14:39 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
To:        "R. Lahaye" <lahaye@users.sourceforge.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Can't get SoundBlaster to work with 4.3!
Message-ID:  <20010713111403.F25152-100000@shumai.marcuscom.com>
In-Reply-To: <3B4EA1EF.149A0BB4@users.sourceforge.net>

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Have a look to make sure it's using the correct CDROM devices.  I use
acd0c for my ATAPI CDROMs and cd0c for my SCSI CDROMs.  You may have to
MAKEDEV the appropriate entries.

Joe Clarke

On Fri, 13 Jul 2001, R. Lahaye wrote:

> Thanks! That helped me one step forwards.
> I can cat the .au files and hear the sound:
>
> However, my xcdplayer still complains about the
> $ cat /usr/local/share/apps/kjezz/sounds/reflect.au > /dev/audio
>
> However, xcdplayer complains (even when ran as root):
>
> # xcdplayer
> open: : Device not configured
> open: : Device not configured
> open: : Device not configured
> open: : Device not configured
> open: : Device not configured
> [...snip...]
>
> Any idea what causes this error message?
> (Please remember I'm new to FreeBSD)
>
>
> Thanks,
> Rob.
>
>
> Joe Clarke wrote:
> >
> > Make sure you have permission to write to /dev/audio.  For example:
> >
> > lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     wheel           6 May  6 05:24 audio -> audio0
> > crw-rw-rw-   1 root     wheel     30,   4 May  6 05:24 audio0
> >
> > (Yours may point to audio1).  You might also try upping the sound volume
> > with the mixer(8) command.
> >
> > Joe Clarke
> >
> > On Fri, 13 Jul 2001, R. Lahaye wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm running 4.3 and am a complete newbie to FreeBSD.
> > >
> > > I have tried the guidelines in the Free BSD handbook, that
> > > comes with the installation. It talks vagely about the sound
> > > setup for SoundBlaster 16.
> > >
> > > I added in MYKERNEL config:
> > >
> > > device pcm
> > > device pcm0 at isa? irq 5 drq 1 flags 0x0
> > >
> > > I had then recompiled the kernel and rebooted my machine
> > > (did the whole thing:
> > >   # /usr/sbin/config MYKERNEL
> > >   # cd ../../compile/MYKERNEL
> > >   # make depend
> > >   # make
> > >   # make install
> > >   # shutdown -r now
> > >
> > > The end of 'dmesg' says:
> > >
> > > sbc0: <Creative ViBRA16X> at port 0x220-0x22f,0x330-0x331,0x388-0x38b irq 5 drq 1,3 on isa0
> > > pcm1: <SB16 DSP 4.16 (ViBRA16X)> on sbc0
> > >
> > >
> > > I then made the devices:
> > >
> > > # cat /dev/sndstat
> > > FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm) Jul 13 2001 14:16:12
> > > Installed devices:
> > > pcm1: <SB16 DSP 4.16 (ViBRA16X)> at io 0x220 irq 5 drq 1 (1p/1r channels)
> > > # cd /dev
> > > # ./MAKEDEV snd0
> > > # ./MAKEDEV snd1
> > >
> > > --------------
> > >
> > > How can I try sound now? I've done the following:
> > >
> > > $ cat /usr/local/share/apps/kjezz/sounds/reflect.au > /dev/audio
> > >
> > > <no sound at all>
> > >
> > > $ xcdplay
> > > open: : Permission denied
> > > open: : Permission denied
> > > open: : Permission denied
> > > open: : Permission denied
> > > open: : Permission denied
> > > open: : Permission denied
> > > [...snip...]
> > >
> > >
> > > Any idea what is wrong with this procedure for Sound Blaster 16?
> > >
> > > Thanks a lot!
> > >
> > > Rob.
> > >
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