From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 23 12:34:27 2004 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 D841A16A4CE for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2004 12:34:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FF6543D2D for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2004 12:34:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id i1NKXtH23966; Mon, 23 Feb 2004 15:33:55 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200402232033.i1NKXtH23966@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: dkouroun@mailbox.gr Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 15:33:53 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <200402221538.RAA26023@mailbox.gr> from "dkouroun@mailbox.gr" at Feb 22, 2004 05:38:36 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fail to recognize sound device 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: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 20:34:28 -0000 > > Dear Sirs, > Thank you for Giving FreeBSD for free. > Basically I would like to ask you about a problem I have with the sound hardware which I wasn't able to resolve. And I also have some suggestions to make! > > After Installation when writing #startx, at the prompt KDE loads and I get a message than sound driver /dev/pcm couldn't be found. SuSE and Redhat both recognize my sound driver as 82801DB AC'97. Further more alot of stuff like xmms, and other applications were not installed although I checked them to be installed when I was asked. The funny thing is that those applications exist in /usr/.../ports. > > 1:How can I configure my sound device? Probably you still need to make a kernel config file and add device pcm to it and build a new kernel. Make a copy of /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC in the same directory example NEWCONFFILE . Check in LINT in that same directory for syntax. Add the device pcm line (minus initial '#' if any Build kernel either by the old way config NEWCONFFILE cd ../../compile make depend make make install You might want to make a copy of the current kernel file before doing the make install, just in case. It lives in either /kernel or /boot/kernel depending on which version of FreeBSD you are using. > Suggestions: > 1: It would be really attractive if the installation of FreeBSD was as easy and comfortable(visual stuff) as SuSE's. > 2: It would be nice if kdm or xdm or something was installed and needen't have to be configured after installation. For instance during the installation the user should be asked if he would like to have xdm or kdm installed ... But, probably 1/2 to 2/3 of those running FreeBSD servers don't want those things. So, ??? FreeBSD is heavily used as a server OS - probably more so than as a desktop. Servers, some of which run without even a monitor hooked up, do not need nice looking desktop stuff. So, since it is is so easy to add if you want, it is better to start with just what everyone needs and then let everyone add the other stuff themselves. ////jerry > Thanks in advance! > Looking forward to your answer! > Drosos. > > > > _____________________________________________________________________________________ > http://www.mailbox.gr Αποκτήστε δωρεάν το μοναδικό σας e-mail. > http://www.thesuperweb.gr Website με Ασφαλές Controlpanel από 6 Euro και δώρο το domain σας! > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >