Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 23:39:24 -0000 From: jmdupx@yahoo.com To: "Kevin McCormick" <kmccorm1@stevens-tech.edu> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sound Woes, and more! Message-ID: <3C72E22C.22522.1BF2A5DD@localhost> In-Reply-To: <NJEILFFGFACAOBDNPELNKEEFCAAA.kmccorm1@stevens-tech.edu> References: <1014037622.956.32.camel@aurvandil.infinitebubble.com>
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on the same general subject, has anyone tried or succeeded in getting an Aztech Audio Galaxy II ISA card to work with fbsd ? fairly well-known type of card with a crystal CS4231 chip On 19 Feb 2002, at 17:58, Kevin McCormick wrote: > Hello, > > I am sadly a newbie and I have the same problem as well. I don't have > a SoundBlaster Live!, but an ESS Allegro/2E. From what I can read the > hardware is supported, but something isn't working quite right. I > agree that it seems like a missing step in the Handbook. Assuming > that you did the same thing as me, you: > > 1. Added 'device pcm' to kernel and compiled > 2. makedev for the sound > 3. Act confused when nothing works > > I understand that this is an issue for the **questions list** to > answer, so I don't expect anyone on the list to answer, but I think > that if this is an issue with the handbook, I think it's important for > newbies to have a reliable source with directions on how to set up > sound. Or, are there bigger items that myself or other newbies are > totally missing with this issue? I can't use any OS that I can't play > my music on! :-) > > By the way, while I'm here, I should share my FreeBSD experience. I > had a nice time installing 4.4-REL and 4.5-REL and it was pleasantly > simple, considering I have only had Windows and MacOS experience prior > to using FreeBSD. However, I do feel a bit disoriented when using > FreeBSD mainly because of the fundamental ideas of UNIX (file system > structure, the X windowing system, compiling source code, > multi-user/networking, etc.). It will only be a matter of time for > me... > > If there is anything that I could contribute in terms of ideas, it > would be that the install program optionally have a "newbie mode" - a > more tutorial-like interface rather than the currently objective > sysinstall. Nonetheless it is a nice tool. Some of my friends who use > linux thought that it was "neat". Also, some more desktop-oriented > distrobution sets couldn't hurt along with the current ones (like > User, Developer, X-User, etc.). It would be neat to see more pre-fab > ones like "Home Office" with X, a web browser, a word processor, and a > spreadsheet with menus and launchers all set up. Another example > could be "Multimedia" with X, some editing tools, some P2P > applications, and a tutorial (forbid I use the word 'wizard' hehe) on > how to had sound support to the kernel. I don't really think that > this would take away from the "hard-core" nature of FreeBSD since all > of the traditional options would still be there. This would enable > many more users to try FreeBSD (it's hard enough to convince lots of > people to try new things; now try telling them that after they > install FreeBSD that they need to spend a lot of time configuring and > installing other stuff; lots of people are surprisingly accepting of > default settings, like using IE in Windows). > > Well, those are my thoughts. > > Regards, > Kevin McCormick > kmccorm1@stevens-tech.edu > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Jason Taylor > Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 8:07 AM To: > freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Sound Woes > > > I've a SoundBlaster Live. I've followed the directions in the > Handbook as far as I understand them. I've actually tried su; cd > /dev; sh MAKEDEV snd0 at least twice. > > I get no response when trying to play wav's from the Sound Events tab > in the Gnome Control Center. When I try mpg123 some.mp3, I get: > Can't open /dev/dsp! > > Links are: > /dev/dsp -> /dev/dsp0 -> /dev/dsp0.0 > > Output from dmesg | grep pcm: > pcm0:<Creative EMU10K1> port 0x2020-0x203f irq 10 at device 14.0 on > pci0 (repeated 3 more times) > > Output from cat /dev/sndstat: > pcm0:<Creative EMU10k1> at io 0x2020 irq 10 (4p/1r/0v channels duplex) > > I disabled PNP in the BIOS (learned that one when trying to get the > NIC to work). I've also disabled both serial ports because I don't > really need them and one of them was also using irq 10. > > What's should I try next? -tia > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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