Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 23:06:19 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: Bob Collins <pineypl@bellsouth.net> Cc: Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: SB16 and no sound (sorry 'bout 'nother snd question) Message-ID: <20000805230619.M254@parish> In-Reply-To: <398C90D7.4924BA36@bellsouth.net>; from pineypl@bellsouth.net on Sat, Aug 05, 2000 at 06:10:31PM -0400 References: <398C90D7.4924BA36@bellsouth.net>
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On Sat, Aug 05, 2000 at 06:10:31PM -0400, Bob Collins wrote:
> I'll start with an apolgy for asking about sound and the SB 16 card
> (ISA). I have searched the archives and found nothing that has helped me
> get sound from this PIA card. BTW, it is a true ISA SB 16 card.
>
> I am running 4.0 release with a custom kernel. In the kernel I have:
> [snip]
> # Trying pcm driver for sound
> device sbc0 at isa? port 0x220 irq 5 drq 1 flags 0x15
> device pcm0 at isa? port? irq 5 drq 1 flags 0x15
> [snip]
>
> First question is; do I need both in the kernel?
>
No. Try it with ``device pcm'' only first.
> dmesg reports:
> [snip]
> sbc0: <Soundblaster 16> at port 0x220-0x22f irq 5 drq 1 flags 0x15 on
> isa0
> sbc0: setting card to irq 5, drq 1, 5
> pcm1: <SB DSP 4.11> on sbc0
> [snip]
>
If, with ``device pcm'' only it is found as pcm0 then you must do:
# cd /dev
# ./MAKEDEV snd0
If it is found as pcm1 then use snd1 instead.
> These tell me the card is found and available, however I cannot get any
> sound from the cdrom (which is configured in the kscd properly). I have
> also tried the media player under kde and it too does not produce sound.
>
What is the output of ``cat /dev/sndstat''?
> I have tested the card using the SB DOS diagnostics after booting from a
> DOS floppy, and the card works perfectly.
>
> So, my second question is; what am I missing?
>
> Thanks.
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