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Date:      Sat, 03 Jan 2004 16:26:15 +0100
From:      Claude Buisson <cbuisson@nerim.net>
To:        Kaarthik Sivakumar <kaarthik@comcast.net>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Sound blaster live and onboard sound
Message-ID:  <3FF6DF17.1060504@nerim.net>
In-Reply-To: <200401030258.19558.kaarthik@comcast.net>
References:  <200401030258.19558.kaarthik@comcast.net>

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Kaarthik Sivakumar wrote:
> Hi
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> I have a DELL 2400 that has an Intel i845GL based board. I am currently=
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> running 5.2-RC2 on it, mainly to get support for the onboard Broadcom 4=
40X.=20
> This machine has onboard sound that has been turned off in the BIOS and=
 there=20
> is a SoundBlaster Live! card in it. I kldload-ed the emu10k1 module (an=
d=20
> later on just kldload-ed snd_drivers) but this sound card is not identi=
fied=20
> and no pcm device shows up in dmesg. I have attached dmesg output for t=
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> and the output of 'pciconf -lv', which shows the sound blaster card but=
 with=20
> no drivers attached to it.
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Your card is a Dell-specific SoundBlaster Live! CT0200. Note:

 > none3@pci1:6:0:	class=3D0x040100 card=3D0x10031102 chip=3D0x00061102
                                                               ^^^^^^^^
                                                    instead of 00021102
 >     vendor   =3D 'Creative Labs'
 >     device   =3D 'emu10k1x Soundblaster Live! 5.1'
                   ^^^^^^^^
 >     class    =3D multimedia
 >     subclass =3D audio


 > none4@pci1:6:1:	class=3D0x098000 card=3D0x10031102 chip=3D0x70041102
                                                               ^^^^^^^^
                                                    instead of 70021102
 >     vendor   =3D 'Creative Labs'
 >     device   =3D 'SBLive! Value Gameport'
                           ^^^^^
 >     class    =3D input device

which is NOT an emu10k1. Dell says it has a "software accelerated" DSP,=20
needing a special driver =E0 la Winmodem...

The only known (to me) working driver for this card is the non free OSS=20
driver from 4Front. I tried it, but found it simpler to buy a real Sound =

Blaster Live!


> When I turn on the onboard sound in the BIOS, I see the 'pcm' line in d=
mesg.=20
> What exactly should I be doing here to get the sound blaster card worki=
ng? I=20
> am still running the GENERIC kernel. I searched the archives of -curren=
t but=20
> I havent found anything of use there.
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> Thanks.
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> kaarthik

Claude Buisson




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