Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 09:06:33 +0200 (CEST) From: Svein Halvor Halvorsen <svein-freebsd-questions@theloosingend.net> To: Amit Kumar Saha <amsaha@cs.rice.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sound on Dell Dimension 8300 (FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE) Message-ID: <20050331090252.C19829@maren.thelosingend.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0503301128400.14822@frosty.cs.rice.edu> References: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0503301128400.14822@frosty.cs.rice.edu>
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* Amit Kumar Saha [2005-03-30 11:30 -0600] > I am trying to enable the builtin sound card present in Dell > Dimension 8300 but cant seem to get it done. As far as I remember, in > FreeBSD 5.3 it can be done simply by having the following two options in > the kernel config file: > > device sound > device snd_ich > > However, FreeBSD 5.1 does not recognize any of these even (Even man sound > or man snd_ich does not work even though it should work on any FreeBSD 5.* > So I guess I have to give some hardware hints in order to You need the old-style (aka 4.x style) "device pcm" in versions prior to 5.3-REL (maybe 5.2.1). However, you should REALLY consider upgrading to either 5.3-REL or 5.4-PRE as ALOT of stuff has been done since 5.1-REL Svein Halvor
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