Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 16:25:27 -0400 From: Parv <parv@pair.com> To: Freddie Cash <fcash@ocis.net> Cc: f-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Sound device reported but no devices created Message-ID: <20060730202527.GB2555@holestein.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <62628.24.71.118.34.1154273616.squirrel@webmail.sd73.bc.ca> References: <20060730052645.GA1310@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <Pine.BSF.3.96.1060730173708.14452A-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au> <20060730112805.GB1310@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <62628.24.71.118.34.1154273616.squirrel@webmail.sd73.bc.ca>
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in message <62628.24.71.118.34.1154273616.squirrel@webmail.sd73.bc.ca>, wrote Freddie Cash thusly... > > # kldload snd_driver > # cat /dev/sndstat > <read the text to see what driver(s) it loaded> > # echo 'snd_<driver>_load="YES"' >> /boot/loader.conf > > snd_driver will load every single sound driver available in FreeBSD, > all at once, and the kernel will attempt to detect every sound chipset > supported by those drivers. Neat. Thanks much Freddie. (No, i don't have any sound driver problems, but your method seems much easier|lazier than to explicitly search for the sound hardware & related FreeBSD bits.) - Parv --
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