From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 24 22:05:46 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D174E16A4CE for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2003 22:05:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from world.tonkinresolutions.com (233-123.adsl6.netlojix.net [207.71.233.123]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC26843FCB for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2003 22:05:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nick@tonkinresolutions.com) Received: from 127.0.0.1 (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by injector.tonkinresolutions.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 24699F845; Mon, 24 Nov 2003 22:04:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from teltron.tonkinresolutions.com (unknown [192.168.0.149]) by world.tonkinresolutions.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50C00F842; Mon, 24 Nov 2003 22:04:57 -0800 (PST) To: fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com References: Message-ID: From: Nick Tonkin Organization: Tonkin Resolutions Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 22:05:39 -0800 In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Opera7.21/FreeBSD M2 build 497 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on world.tonkinresolutions.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.60 X-Sanitizer: Advosys mail filter MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: options PNPBIOS unrecognized in 5.1-RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 06:05:47 -0000 On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 15:07:55 -0500, fbsd_user wrote: > I've found that FreeBSD so far has supported every odd sound card > I've thrown its way. > > Even (especially!) those on-board sound things built into > motherboards and laptops these days. FreeBSD supports them all (and > Windows usually doesn't without the special CD-Rom from the > motherboard manufacturer.) > > Just add "device pcm" to the end of the kernel conf file, build a > new kernel, and I'll bet almost any sound card will work on reboot. > > This question has been answered many times on this question list. > You would have found your answer if you had searched the questions > archive like you are supposed to do before posting here. Thanks for the suggestion. I'll try it out. I searched plenty before posting -- I've been running FreeBSD since 2.4 so I am familiar with troubleshooting and problem solving with it. My message was primarily to point out what appears to be a failure in the documentation. -- - nick ________________ Nick Tonkin {|8^)>