Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 09:19:04 -0600 From: Aaron Siegel <bulk_mail@siegel-tech.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sound problem ... Message-ID: <200504030919.05069.bulk_mail@siegel-tech.net> In-Reply-To: <20050403094953.5269.qmail@web51110.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20050403094953.5269.qmail@web51110.mail.yahoo.com>
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=46aisal Gillani I do not like the handbook instructions, read my whining bellow. I would=20 recommend following these procedures for configuring your sound card. The=20 instruction in this email are very similar to the handbooks. Do not try to= =20 figure out what driver you sound card using form the Hardware Notes go=20 directly to the /boot/loader.conf. =20 1 If you have added the any sound devices to you kernel configuration remov= e=20 remove them. Remove the lines=20 device sound device snd_* You may or my not have this in your kernel. If you have not added the sound= =20 driver to your kernel the skip to the next step. 2 You can easily look all the available sound drivers in=20 the /boot/loader.conf. (the following list is from 5.3-STABLE, it may not=20 match the drivers on your system) : sound_load=3D"YES" # Digital sound subsystem snd_ad1816_load=3D"NO" # ad1816 snd_als4000_load=3D"NO" # als4000 snd_cmi_load=3D"NO" # cmi snd_cs4281_load=3D"NO" # cs4281 snd_csa_load=3D"NO" # csa snd_ds1_load=3D"NO" # ds1 snd_emu10k1_load=3D"NO" # Creative Sound Blaster Live snd_es137x_load=3D"NO" # es137x snd_ess_load=3D"NO" # ess snd_fm801_load=3D"NO" # fm801 snd_ich_load=3D"NO" # Intel ICH snd_maestro_load=3D"NO" # Maestro snd_maestro3_load=3D"NO" # Maestro3 snd_mss_load=3D"NO" # Mss snd_neomagic_load=3D"NO" # Neomagic snd_sb16_load=3D"NO" # Sound Blaster 16 snd_sb8_load=3D"NO" # Sound Blaster Pro snd_sbc_load=3D"NO" # Sbc snd_solo_load=3D"NO" # Solo snd_t4dwave_load=3D"NO" # t4dwave snd_via8233_load=3D"NO" # via8233 snd_via82c686_load=3D"NO" # via82c686 snd_vibes_load=3D"NO" # vibes snd_driver_load=3D"NO" # All sound drivers 2 If you now what driver supports your card you can test the driver by usin= g=20 kldload=20 # kldload snd_<drivername> You can test to see if your sound card is support by FreeBSD and load all t= he=20 sound drivers with ( I believe this will work, it has been months since I=20 have done this) #kldload snd_driver This will test all the snd drivers. =09 3. You will now need to configure your /boot/loader.conf so that the driver= =20 will load every time you reboot your computer. Add the following lines to= =20 your /boot/loader.conf sound_load=3D"YES" snd_<sounddriver>=3D"YES" You can load all the sound driver with snd_driver_load=3D"YES"=20 I hope this helps Aaron Siegel My whining attached bellow =2D------------------------------------------------------------------------= =2D-------- This is one section in the manual I do not like, I found if made configurin= g=20 the sound card more complicated than it needs to be. To add to being=20 complicated it was hard to determine what driver are available. The hardwa= re=20 notes,=20 http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.3R/hardware-i386.html#AUDIO, is not=20 consistant. It names the drive that support some cards but does give the=20 driver used by other cards. For example, it clearly shows the Advance Asoun= d=20 100 and 110 uses a sbc driver but the hardware notes does not mention what= =20 drive supports the VIA Technologies VT82C686A. There are no man pages =20 written for most of the sound drivers nor are their any references to the t= o=20 them in the man pages. The only drives listed in the man pages snd_csa(4),= =20 snd_gusc(4), and snd_sbc(4). Writing the man pages was no my todo list at= =20 one time. On Sunday 03 April 2005 03:49, faisal gillani wrote: > i configured Freebsd as my desktop, everything is > working fine , except sound , freebsd havent seemed to > pick up my sound card .. or its not configured , is > there any utility there to configure sound ? > > thanks > > > *=BA=A4., =B8=B8,.=A4=BA*=A8=A8=A8*=A4 Allah-hu-Akber*=BA=A4., =B8=B8,.= =A4=BA*=A8=A8*=A4 > God is the Greatest > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Personals - Better first dates. More second dates. > http://personals.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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"
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