From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 6 18:20:39 2002 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 B84CE37B400 for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 18:20:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fep8.cogeco.net (smtp.cogeco.net [216.221.81.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31F9B43E84 for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 18:20:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dlavigne6@cogeco.ca) Received: from d226-39-211.home.cgocable.net (d226-39-211.home.cgocable.net [24.226.39.211]) by fep8.cogeco.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EE526823; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 21:20:36 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 21:27:17 -0400 (EDT) From: Dru X-X-Sender: dlavigne6@x1-6-00-80-c8-3a-b8-46.kico2.on.cogeco.ca To: bsd@xtremedev.com Cc: chk no , Subject: Re: How do I make my Soundblaster Live! work under FreeBSD? In-Reply-To: <20020906174618.O81315-100000@Amber.XtremeDev.com> Message-ID: <20020906211856.I164-100000@x1-6-00-80-c8-3a-b8-46.kico2.on.cogeco.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 6 Sep 2002 bsd@xtremedev.com wrote: > > How does one switch the SB Live into digital-out mode? It boots > > up in analog-out mode. It works fine if I plug headphones or old > > speakers in, but I have nice, expensive speakers that won't emit > > sound until it's in digital mode. > > Out of curiosity, why would you use a server OS on an obviously multimedia > machine? I hadn't realized FreeBSD had progressed to the point of > appealing to people with a high audio fidelity in mind. And why bother to post with a comment that doesn't help the original poster and only serves to further the FUD at the expense of the hard-working FreeBSD developers? Excuse me while I go bite my tongue harder, rant at my four walls and remind myself not to respond to trolls. Dru To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message