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Date:      Wed, 24 May 2000 05:47:03 -0400
From:      Generic Player <generic@unitedtamers.com>
To:        freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org
Subject:   The horrors of my first custom kernel
Message-ID:  <392BA517.6252B36@unitedtamers.com>

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Where to begin.  I wanted to compile a custom kernel to get sound
support and set up a firewall so I could run natd to share my internet
connection.  I failed miserably on both counts.  I have an AWE64 and a
sound image, which is based on the AD1816 chipset from Analog Devices.
Both are ISA PnP.  I added the line device pcm to my kernel, and ran sh
MAKEDEV snd0.  Now when I boot up instead of it finding my sound card
and allocating it resources as UNKNOWN, it makes it snd0, which would
appear to be right.  However, I can't get any sound.  xmms will give me
scratchy staticy noises if I try to play an MP3, but that's about it.  I
tried both the soundcards and got the same results regardless of which
one I had installed.  Any ideas?

Now, for the firewall thing, I commented out the NICs I don't have, and
just left ed0 and xl, because on boot up with the GENERIC kernel it
lists my NICs as ed0 and xl0.  Problem is, it gives me an error that it
can't find the directory if I don't comment out xl.  So, if I use my
custom kernel, I only have one NIC, which isn't ideal for forwarding
packets  :)  Also, it lists ed0 as being an ISA card, but both my NICs
are PCI, should that matter?

Any and all help is appreciated,
Generic Player



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