Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 17:28:36 -0500 From: Raymond Gibson <raymond.gibson@verizon.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> Subject: Re: requesting help to make sound work on thin/diskless client Message-ID: <200610101728.37189.raymond.gibson@verizon.net> In-Reply-To: <20061010004301.GA63897@polands.org> References: <200610091600.23956.raymond.gibson@verizon.net> <20061010004301.GA63897@polands.org>
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On Monday 09 October 2006 19:43, Doug Poland wrote: > On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 04:00:23PM -0500, Raymond Gibson wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm looking for help. I built a thin/diskless client that I boot via > > etherboot. After power up the client boots and gives me a login > > prompt. At that time I enter 'root' and I am presented with a command > > prompt. I then enter 'X -query <server ip>' and X starts and it works > > as expected. > > > > I would like to add sound. Unfortunately, I can't find documentation > > describing this process. So, could someone explain to me how to > > configure the client/server? My server is FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE. > > > > BTW: I installed an ISA soundblaster sound and compiled these lines into > > my kernel. The kernel detects the sound card during boot-up. > > > > # Add the generic audio driver > > device sound > > device snd_sbc > > device snd_sb16 > > I have had good results using /usr/ports/audio/esound. Install on both > the client and the server. On the client, run something like this > before you start X: > > client% esd -tcp -public -promiscuous -beeps -trust -bind 10.0.0.1 > > where 10.0.0.1 is the IP address of the client's network interface. > > Connect to the server just as you have described. When ever you run a > program that has esd support compiled in, the audio will be directed > to the client. > > Programs compiled with ESD support appear to direct sound to the host > indicated by the DISPLAY environment variable. That should set > correctly if the server you're attaching to is running xdm, gdm, or kdm. > > You may also have to set ESPEAKER, but I've found that just DISPLAY > works for me. I'm not having much luck. I installed esound on both client and server. I start esound on the server; esd &, the server responds with several beeps. On the client I start esd as described above, I also hear beeps when esd starts. I start X, then login to KDE. I start Xmms with esound enabled. I get an error saying 'can't open audio'. any ideas?
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