From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 1 14:05:03 2005 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 6809916A4CE for ; Fri, 1 Apr 2005 14:05:03 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cs.rice.edu (cs.rice.edu [128.42.1.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C89443D3F for ; Fri, 1 Apr 2005 14:05:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from amsaha@cs.rice.edu) Received: from localhost (calypso.cs.rice.edu [128.42.1.127]) by cs.rice.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id E01514A9A2 for ; Fri, 1 Apr 2005 08:05:02 -0600 (CST) Received: from cs.rice.edu ([128.42.1.30]) by localhost (calypso.cs.rice.edu [128.42.1.127]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 19546-01-48 for ; Fri, 1 Apr 2005 08:05:02 -0600 (CST) Received: from frosty.cs.rice.edu (frosty.cs.rice.edu [128.42.1.20]) by cs.rice.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 593144A9A0 for ; Fri, 1 Apr 2005 08:05:02 -0600 (CST) Received: from localhost (amsaha@localhost) by frosty.cs.rice.edu (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.0) with ESMTP id IAA01024 for ; Fri, 1 Apr 2005 08:03:58 -0600 (CST) X-Authentication-Warning: frosty.cs.rice.edu: amsaha owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 08:03:58 -0600 (CST) From: Amit Kumar Saha To: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20050331090252.C19829@maren.thelosingend.net> Message-ID: References: <20050331090252.C19829@maren.thelosingend.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: by amavis-2.2.1 at cs.rice.edu Subject: Re: Sound on Dell Dimension 8300 (FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2005 14:05:03 -0000 Yup, I already have "device pcm" in my config file. The bootup procedure does not seem to recognize the device. amit ---------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.cs.rice.edu/~amsaha ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The world is coming to an end ... SAVE YOUR BUFFERS!!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- On Thu, 31 Mar 2005, Svein Halvor Halvorsen wrote: > > * 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 >