Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 03:59:58 +0000 From: "Michael Neeff" <cool_mike_21@hotmail.com> To: toomas.aas@raad.tartu.ee Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't play CD / mount CDROM Message-ID: <BAY103-F16A6253EE7689FE343B318C9180@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <42768C31.5050107@raad.tartu.ee>
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Hey Toomas, Thanks for your detailed reply. As far as problem #1: When I re-complied to statically include the sound it gives me no output, not even when I used kldload to load the driver... it simply loads without any output... How do I check mixer settings? I am religiously following step by step instructions to the installation: Chapter 7.2.3: Did this screw up my output? # sysctl hw.snd.pcm0.vchans=4 # sysctl hw.snd.maxautovchans=4 As for problem #2 which is the frustrating part and I need to get working is - I used to be able to mount my /cdrom and view files on the CD - even if they meant MP3s & even it meant I could not play them back... Now it simply goes to the error: cd9660: device /dev/acd0 Input/Ouput error It's been the start of week#3 and this is taking too long to setup one operating system !! (that's where windoze wins, simply pop in the CD and forget-about-da-rest). I guess I lost my original kernel so that's why I'm in an endless loop... :o( Thanks for your response I'll send y'all the output from the 'grep acd0 /var/run/dmesg.boot' I'm away from my PC right now. >From: Toomas Aas <toomas.aas@raad.tartu.ee> >To: Michael Neeff <cool_mike_21@hotmail.com> >CC: questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: Can't play CD / mount CDROM >Date: Mon, 02 May 2005 23:23:13 +0300 > >Hi Michael! > >I was hoping someone can give you a more definite answer, but it seems >no-one knowledgeable has responded, so here are my comments, worth exactly >what you paid for them :) > >>I've been trying since the past couple of days to get my sound back... it >>all started when I followed the steps from the manual in setting up >>statically sound drivers for my old Compaq DeskPro EN series...for FreeBSD >>5.3. I included the "snd_sbc" driver, since when I kldload snd_driver it >>comes up as ESS 1869 in my kernel file (MYKERNEL).. I also included the >>line "device sound" in the MYKERNEL (customized kernel Chp. 7) for some >>reason it doesn't work when I want to run mpg123... > >The above stuff seems roughly correct. That's how I built sound into kernel >on my home PC, but I'm not at that PC now so I can't check my kernel >config. > >What do you mean by "it doesn't work"? Do you get an error message? Or >simply nothing happens? In the latter case, check your mixer settings, >speaker volume knob and physical connections. > >After building sound into kernel, you can also remove the relevant module >loading lines from /boot/loader.conf, but I think that even if you left >them in it shouldn't prevent sound from working - you would just get an >error message saying something to the tune of "file already exists", >meaning that the functionality for which you are trying to load the module >is already included in the kernel. > >>...Anyways this is the least of my problems. I now comment the lines: >>device snd_sbc, device sound recomplie the kernel and keep getting cd9660: >>device /dev/acd0 Input/Ouput error when I try to mount any of my CDs... >>(music or data) > >You shouldn't try to mount music CDs since they don't contain any >filesystem that can be mounted. The error message above is exactly what you >get when you try to mount an audio CD. Mounting data CDs should work, >though. > >Does the command 'grep acd0 /var/run/dmesg.boot' contain any text? > >>I've tried : mount -t cd9660 /dev/acd0 /cdrom and several other >>combinations : >>mount cd9660 /dev/acd0 /cdrom; mount cd9660; mount_cd9660 /dev/acd0 >>/cdrom; mount /cdrom - still the same thing... > >At least *some* of the above commands should work ;-) > >>I even tried loading my old kernel (GENERIC) from /boot/kernel.old/kernel >>(Btw, is this the same as the last recompile of MYKERNE?L... I think I >>have compiled 3/4 times by now in the hopes that this would work) > >Yes, every time you build an install new kernel, the previous kernel is >copied to kernel.old and previous kernel.old is wiped out. So it is well >possible that you don't even have the original kernel with which things >worked on your system any more. > >>HELP - I'm a newbie... I've got almost everything working with KDE >>3.3...and now back to this. I was so happy when I could run cdcontrol from >>the command line and now I'm :o( frustrated !! > >One more thing you could try is to get the GENERIC kernel from e.g. >installation CDs and boot with that. > >-- >Toomas Aas -------------------------------------------------------- >|arvutivõrgu peaspetsialist | head specialist on computer networks| >|Tartu Linnakantselei | Tartu City Office | >----------------------------------------------------- +372 736 1274 > >
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