Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 22:52:11 -0700 From: Randall Creighton <randyc@cablerocket.com> To: Ryan Grove <ryan@wonko.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Using PCI sound card instead of onboard sound Message-ID: <3D1FEE0B.6010809@cablerocket.com> References: <3D1FC118.90609@wonko.com>
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Hi Ryan just add the card, check dmesg, it should show the sound card as pcm1. go to /dev and ./MAKEDEV snd1. this is the way I run as I have the on board sound. The problem with the c-media on board sound is I can't get the mic working, so I just added a SB 16. works fine. Randy Ryan Grove wrote: > I'm running FreeBSD 4.6 on a system with an Asus A7M-266 motherboard. > There is a version of the A7M that includes on-board sound, however I > specifically bought the version without the on-board sound support > because I wanted to use my own sound card. > > Unfortunately, my motherboard still *thinks* it has on-board sound, > and so does FreeBSD. I found a BIOS option that claims it disables the > on-board sound card, but it doesn't. FreeBSD still claims it's there. > So my question is, how do I get FreeBSD to recognize the PCI sound > card that I want it to use instead of this phantom on-board sound card > that doesn't actually exist? > > In case it matters, here's the output from "dmesg|grep pcm": > > pcm0: <CMedia CMI8738> port 0xa400-0xa4ff irq 10 at device 5.0 on pci0 > > That's the phantom on-board card. The PCI card I want to use is a > Sound Blaster Audigy. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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