Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 13:25:20 -0500 From: Philippe Vachon <phirkel@sympatico.ca> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SoundBlaster 16 PnP ISA Card on 5.1 Message-ID: <403F8B90.3050907@sympatico.ca> In-Reply-To: <44ishst90t.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <403F7351.1000601@sympatico.ca> <44ishst90t.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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Lowell Gilbert wrote: >Philippe Vachon <phirkel@sympatico.ca> writes: > > > >>I just subscribed to the list, but I've been using FreeBSD on and off >>for a few months now. There has, however, been one thing lacking from >>my FreeBSD setup and that is the ability to play sound! >> >> > >Do bear in mind that you are running an outdated version of an "early >adopter's" release of the OS. > > > >>I followed the directions in the handbook (namely adding the line to >>load the snd_ab16.ko kernel module to loader.conf) and adjusted the >> >> > >Nowhere in the handbook is the snd_sb16.ko module even mentioned. >Did you try just loading the snd_pcm.ko module? > > > >>volume. The sound, when it does play, is compressed -- i.e. runs at 10 >>times the speed it should. I can't even play any audio with XMMS. >> >> > >That's not what "compressed" normally means in relation to audio. >What did you use to play audio besides xmms? >Did something different happen when you used xmms, or was that just >awkward phrasing? > > > >>Anybody have any ideas? It's a Creative SoundBlaster 16 PnP ISA card >>(model CT4180), and it's in a PIII450 box with an ASUS P2BF >>motherboard. Any help will be appreciated. >> >> > >I have such a card (probably not *quite* the same model) in my -STABLE >box... >_______________________________________________ >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" > > > I did try loading just the snd_pcm module, which did nothing. SoundBlaster cards need a bridge, as far as I can tell, to the PCM driver. That's where the snd_sbc and snd_sb16 kernel modules come in. I had used more than just XMMS -- I used cdcontrol (making sure the volume was turned up on the analogue CD input), which didn't play audio at all, as was the case with XMMS. When I tried using applications that use sound (i.e. Gaim), the sound was compressed (sped up if you will). As I said before, the sound is compressed -- not in the data sense, but rather in the analogue sense where the wavelength of a waveform decreases, as does the period. I appologize if I had confused you, but I'm not a Software Engineer -- merely a lowly Electrical Engineering Student. :) I'm not quite sure what you mean by outdated - does FreeBSD go with the Linux Kernel release numbers - odd for development, even for stable - or am I missing something, because uname-a tells me I'm running 5.1-RELEASE. Thanks. Phil V.
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