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Date:      Mon, 20 Jul 1998 17:11:12 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Matthew Kenny <mattk@internorth.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Audio CD's and KDE
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.00.9807201710290.16885-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980720165945.007a2c60@mail.internorth.com>

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On Mon, 20 Jul 1998, Matthew Kenny wrote:

> Greetings!
> 
> I am having a bit of dificulty with FreeBSD.  I just recently installed v.
> 2.2.6 on my system (p166, etc) and I have been unable to get the cd-rom to
> play audio cd's whatsoever.  The drive mounts fine and well with a data cd,
> but the second I load an Audio CD into the drive, it just refuses to
> co-operate.  This occurs in both prompt mode and through X11 (with the KDE
> Browser that was included in 2.2.6)
> 
> Also... if someone could give me a quick rundown on how I can get X running
> without having to log in as root - that'd be great too.

Works fine for me out-of-box.  Check your ~/.xsession or ~/.xinitrc.

> Oh yes! I forgot something.  I have also recompiled my kernal, including
> support for my sound blaster 16.  The kernal compiled without any errors, I
> am just not sure if it's set up properly.  Any ideas on how to test to see
> if it is working correctly?

cat /bin/cat > /dev/audio

If you hear static you're up.

> Finally... I have no clue whatsoever on where/how to begin setting up my
> external 33.6k modem.  Suggestions please?

man ppp

http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/ppp

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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