Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 22:05:39 -0800 From: Nick Tonkin <nick@tonkinresolutions.com> To: fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: options PNPBIOS unrecognized in 5.1-RELEASE Message-ID: <opry6i7pgykr0fnn@world.tonkinresolutions.com> In-Reply-To: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGOEDJEOAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com> References: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGOEDJEOAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com>
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On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 15:07:55 -0500, fbsd_user <fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com>
wrote:
> I've found that FreeBSD so far has supported every odd sound card
> I've thrown its way.
>
> Even (especially!) those on-board sound things built into
> motherboards and laptops these days. FreeBSD supports them all (and
> Windows usually doesn't without the special CD-Rom from the
> motherboard manufacturer.)
>
> Just add "device pcm" to the end of the kernel conf file, build a
> new kernel, and I'll bet almost any sound card will work on reboot.
>
> This question has been answered many times on this question list.
> You would have found your answer if you had searched the questions
> archive like you are supposed to do before posting here.
Thanks for the suggestion. I'll try it out. I searched plenty before
posting -- I've been running FreeBSD since 2.4 so I am familiar with
troubleshooting and problem solving with it. My message was primarily to
point out what appears to be a failure in the documentation.
--
- nick
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