From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 29 7:58:58 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from tetron02.tetronsoftware.com (ftp.tetronsoftware.com [208.236.46.106]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F0D8150C7 for ; Wed, 29 Dec 1999 07:58:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from zeus@tetronsoftware.com) Received: from tetron02.tetronsoftware.com (zeus@tetron02.tetronsoftware.com [208.236.46.106]) by tetron02.tetronsoftware.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA02476; Wed, 29 Dec 1999 10:01:46 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from zeus@tetronsoftware.com) Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 10:01:46 -0600 (CST) From: Gene Harris To: Brian Anderson Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sound questions In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > any pointers on getting a soundblaster 16 running happily? > > i did what i thought was correct, but get an error at boot telling me that > my card neds SBPro support. > > the other questions is about making /dev/dsp: MAKEDEV /dev/dsp fails, > saying that there is no such device. is this related to the sound card > error, or do i need to manually use mkod for /dev/dsp (and i'm guessing > /dev/mixer and /dev/audio?) > > I believe all you have to do is MAKDEV /dev/snd0. A quick scan of the MAKEDEV script shows that it takes care of all the other devices for you. I am using an SBPro with no problems, and I do get the "SBPro support" message on boot up. You might also scan the FreeBSD mailing lists archives for more complete information on SBPro support. Gene Harris http://www.tetronsoftware.com - my admittedly sorry web site http://defender.tetronsoftware.com - an equally sorry Linux web site. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message