From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 6 23:03:31 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67FAD16A415 for ; Mon, 6 Nov 2006 23:03:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ohartman@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de) Received: from outpost1.zedat.fu-berlin.de (outpost1.zedat.fu-berlin.de [130.133.4.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C037B43D46 for ; Mon, 6 Nov 2006 23:03:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ohartman@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de) Received: from inpost2.zedat.fu-berlin.de ([130.133.4.69]) by outpost1.zedat.fu-berlin.de (Exim 4.62) for freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org with esmtp (envelope-from ) id <1GhDV3-0006FD-07>; Tue, 07 Nov 2006 00:03:29 +0100 Received: from e178004153.adsl.alicedsl.de ([85.178.4.153] helo=[192.168.1.128]) by inpost2.zedat.fu-berlin.de (Exim 4.62) for freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org with esmtpsa (envelope-from ) id <1GhDV2-0003Ur-TK>; Tue, 07 Nov 2006 00:03:28 +0100 Message-ID: <454FBF3A.2000105@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 00:03:22 +0100 From: "O. Hartmann" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20061029) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: 85.178.4.153 Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.2/AMD64: missing driver for SB Audigy SE / CA0106-DAT X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2006 23:03:31 -0000 > Dear Sirs. > My FreeBSD 6.2-PRE/AMD64 box has been equipted with a PCI Soundblaster > Audigy SE soundcard. This soundcard unfortunately does utilize a chip > called CA0106-DAT as "pciconf -lv" reported. > I tried several snd_xxx driver found in most recent FreeBSD > 6.2-PRE/AMD64 stuff, but even snd_em10k1 doesn't work. So I googled > around and found ports/em10kx and tried this one - also with no success. > As I could then read in the README, my obtained soundcard especially > with the utilized chip isn't supported (yet?). > So I tried OSS, but this driver is a commercial third party driver and > therefore a bit suspicious in my opinion. By the way, the driver only > produces a ear-killing noise - no sound, nothing. > > Well, as I could see in many other forums around the net, the > SoundBlaster Audigy SE is a quite common soundcard and I would wonder if > it isn't supported by FreeBSD. Are there any efforts pointing to this issue? > I should have better read the exclusions on supported hardware, too late > I realized that the soundcard of my box has not an emu em10k1 chipset. > > Any comments are highly appreciated. > > Thanks in advance, > Oliver > > P.S. Please send eMail direcectly or in CC to my address as I'm not on > this list, thank you very much. Hi Folks, OSS v3.99.4c and OSS v4.0rc2-172 have the Audigy SE problems fixed. Go to http://www.opensound.com/test for the v4.0 drivers. > commercial third party driver and > therefore a bit suspicious in my opinion. So Nvidia closed source driver is not suspicious but 4Front's OSS is?. FYI, we've been in business since 1996 and not 1 complaint about our software being malicious has ever been filed! best regards Dev Mazumdar 4Front Technologies --------------------------------------- Sorry for my late answer, I'm not an official list member. I tried the recommended new driver and indeed, it works. But: why is this third party stuff installing in /usr and not, as expected, in /usr/local ? Could this please be a subject of change? > So Nvidia closed source driver is not suspicious but 4Front's OSS is?. Well, no offenses, please. I do not use any closed sources from nVidia any more due to their problems offering correct working drivers (in this case, nForce nve() driver, which delivers a kind of interrupt storm on my box!). Regards, Oliver