Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 21:03:02 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Jerry Lei <tylei@hotmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: No sound II Message-ID: <20000307210302.A237@parish> In-Reply-To: <20000307185423.1757.qmail@hotmail.com>; from tylei@hotmail.com on Tue, Mar 07, 2000 at 10:54:23AM -0800 References: <20000307185423.1757.qmail@hotmail.com>
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On Tue, Mar 07, 2000 at 10:54:23AM -0800, Jerry Lei wrote:
> Mark,
>
> Thanks, it really help.
Your sound works now, yes?
> I don't even know I should ./MAKEDEV controller what I configured.
>
> Does it work on other controllers as the same way as snd0?
>
No, only for soundcards. If you change your card, from ISA to PCI for
instance you will have to run MAKEDEV sndX again, where X is 0 for ISA
and 1 for PCI.
> Lei
>
>
> >From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org>
> >To: Jerry Lei <tylei@hotmail.com>
> >CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> >Subject: Re: No sound II
> >Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 18:48:55 +0000
> >
> >On Tue, Mar 07, 2000 at 10:32:36AM -0800, Jerry Lei wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > As Mark told me, I try to using mixer to make my xmcd "speak out".
> > > I pkg_add mixer.app, but I found I have another problem - I don't have
> > > /dev/mixer which mixer(app) will use this device to adjust the vol, etc.
> > > Mixer tell me that it can't find /dev/mixer.
> > > I check the kernel configuration file GENERIC and LINT, there is no
> > > description of mixer device.
> > >
> > > How can I get a /dev/mixer? Thanks
> > >
> >
> >Ah, did you do a MAKEDEV when you installed your soundcard?? It
> >appears not:
> >
> > # cd /dev
> > # ./MAKEDEV snd0
> >
> >NOTE: If your sound card is PCI then use
> >
> > # ./MAKEDEV snd1
> >
> >0 is for ISA devices. mixer is a symlink to mixer{0,1}:
> >
> >parish# cd /dev
> >parish# ls -l mix*
> >lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 6 Mar 4 21:34 mixer -> mixer0
> >crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 30, 0 Mar 4 21:34 mixer0
> >crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 30, 16 Feb 5 13:53 mixer1
> >parish#
> >
> >HTH
> >
> > >
> > > Lei
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