From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Feb 4 20:39:58 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D4FCEEFFA6 for ; Sun, 4 Feb 2018 20:39:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frankfenderbender@council124.org) Received: from vps349.pairvps.com (vps349.pairvps.com [216.92.231.69]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C83EE712D9 for ; Sun, 4 Feb 2018 20:39:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frankfenderbender@council124.org) Received: from [192.168.0.100] (unknown [104.220.39.23]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by vps349.pairvps.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C2639A63FE; Sun, 4 Feb 2018 15:39:50 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: anyone use different PCI Express card & slot #s? Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1085) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: C Gray In-Reply-To: <3FBC6DB6-A1AA-42B0-AAF2-01A934C1BF60@kreme.com> Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2018 12:39:49 -0800 Reply-To: C Gray Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <25EDC6EA-0D32-46D3-A8FB-6870534B75F9@council124.org> References: <8F08E935-33A8-4B5F-9057-51FAD51DA97D@council124.org> <20180201121251.95e345cf.freebsd@edvax.de> <09DEB81A-3DC1-4147-9249-0497C89F429B@council124.org> <69060D2E-8ED1-4BDB-8801-2BA29F15C632@council124.org> <3FBC6DB6-A1AA-42B0-AAF2-01A934C1BF60@kreme.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1085) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2018 20:39:58 -0000 My sound issue is hopefully resolving w/i days. My server boot/load was = recognizing a sound output device (Dell Soundbar) and will now hopefully = recognize the soon-to-be-installed into x4 slot sound-card (Creative = Sound Blaster Live! SB0060) for its MIDI usage and "mixer" complaint = (probably related to one of many "checkmark" add-ons with a port I = installed. We shall see.=20 It looks like the card should work, which is why I took so long to = qualify which one to get, as far as the chipset and being covered by the = built-in driver: snd_emu10kx(4).=20 With variables like "used", third-party manufacturer, my Dell T300 = server, as well as the driver and os release, it will be "in the grooves = zones" if it works with just the click of my "on" button.=20 Much thanks to fellow listees for directing me to a "higher % of = success" purchase and level of understanding. ;-) I ordered the newest (Oct 2015) 2-manual FreeBSD set, having only = earlier sets from decades back)l; sure, I downloaded them, however, I = like to take a problem-solution text with me on walks, to appointments, = and outside to sit with my hardworking squirrel and lofty-viewed bird = associates.=20 I also scarfed up "The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD = Operating System" (2nd Edition) by Marshall Kirk McKusick for a better = notion of the boot/load/run phases, esp. w/r/t nomenclature, structural = locations, key and vectoring-off processes, stepwise order, = troubleshooting. That should shed light on my device = mounting/linking/setting field-of-vision. And it should shut me up for a = while. ;-) thanks, chris frankfenderbender@council124.org=