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Date:      Tue, 8 Aug 2000 15:05:03 +0100
From:      Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org>
To:        Caleb Walker <caleb.walker@home.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SB16 and no sound (sorry 'bout 'nother snd question)
Message-ID:  <20000808150503.A250@parish>
In-Reply-To: <398F6662.BCD7D596@home.com>; from caleb.walker@home.com on Mon, Aug 07, 2000 at 06:46:10PM -0700
References:  <FA5B90CC2560D4118D1300D0B78870BE75ED@mail> <398F6662.BCD7D596@home.com>

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On Mon, Aug 07, 2000 at 06:46:10PM -0700, Caleb Walker wrote:
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> > To: 'Bob Collins'
> > Cc: 'Questions'
> > Sent: 8/5/00 3:06 PM
> > Subject: Re: SB16 and no sound (sorry 'bout 'nother snd question)
> >
> > On Sat, Aug 05, 2000 at 06:10:31PM -0400, Bob Collins wrote:
> > > I'll start with an apolgy for asking about sound and the SB 16 card
> > > (ISA). I have searched the archives and found nothing that has helped
> > me
> > > get sound from this PIA card. BTW, it is a true ISA SB 16 card.
> > >
> > > I am running 4.0 release with a custom kernel. In the kernel I have:
> > > [snip]
> > > # Trying pcm driver for sound
> > > device sbc0 at isa? port 0x220 irq 5 drq 1 flags 0x15
> > > device pcm0 at isa? port? irq 5 drq 1 flags 0x15
> > > [snip]
> > >
> > > First question is; do I need both in the kernel?
> > >
> >
> > No. Try it with ``device pcm'' only first.
> 
> What if one does this in the first place and still it gives me a <unknown
> card> should I do what was done in the beggining of this message?
> device pcm0 at isa? port? irq 5 drq 1 flags 0x15 ??
> 

Uh, my bad. Apparently you *do* need both lines (sbc0 and pcm) for
this card. Look back through the for a post from Ben Smithurst (?)
who, I think, has the same card.

Sorry for the misleading info.

> >
> >
> > > dmesg reports:
> > > [snip]
> > > sbc0: <Soundblaster 16> at port 0x220-0x22f irq 5 drq 1 flags 0x15 on
> > > isa0
> > > sbc0: setting card to irq 5, drq 1, 5
> > > pcm1: <SB DSP 4.11> on sbc0
> > > [snip]
> > >
> >
> > If, with ``device pcm'' only it is found as pcm0 then you must do:
> >
> >     # cd /dev
> >     # ./MAKEDEV snd0
> >
> > If it is found as pcm1 then use snd1 instead.
> >
> > > These tell me the card is found and available, however I cannot get
> > any
> > > sound from the cdrom (which is configured in the kscd properly). I
> > have
> > > also tried the media player under kde and it too does not produce
> > sound.
> > >
> >
> > What is the output of ``cat /dev/sndstat''?
> >
> > > I have tested the card using the SB DOS diagnostics after booting from
> > a
> > > DOS floppy, and the card works perfectly.
> > >
> > > So, my second question is; what am I missing?
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > > --
> > > Bob Collins Driving my '95 E36/5 Active >> Sport
> > > on the www.InternetCoast.com
> > >
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