From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 29 17:23:11 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6BFA16A41F for ; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 17:23:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marc@blackend.org) Received: from abigail.blackend.org (blackend.org [212.11.35.229]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E9C143D53 for ; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 17:23:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marc@blackend.org) Received: from gothic.blackend.org (gothic.blackend.org [192.168.1.203]) by abigail.blackend.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j7THN3WC027609; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 19:23:03 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc@abigail.blackend.org) Received: from gothic.blackend.org (localhost.blackend.org [127.0.0.1]) by gothic.blackend.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j7THN3Gp002490; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 19:23:03 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc@gothic.blackend.org) Received: (from marc@localhost) by gothic.blackend.org (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id j7THN37x002489; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 19:23:03 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc) Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 19:23:03 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille To: fww@ieee.org Message-ID: <20050829172303.GF595@gothic.blackend.org> Mail-Followup-To: fww@ieee.org, freebsd-doc@freebsd.org References: <20050829155939.GC595@gothic.blackend.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Useless-Header: blackend.org X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fix for Section 7.2.1.1 - Soundblaster 16 driver X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 17:23:12 -0000 On Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 12:46:14PM -0400, Fred Wheeler wrote: > Marc is correct that my previous post makes little sense and section > and section 7.2.1.1 is good as it is. I was trying to recall what I > did a couple of days ago and by mistake I focused on 7.2.1.1 when my > suggestion really applies to 7.2.1. (That's why I was mixing up > loader.conf and kernel config file syntax.) > > Section 7.2.1 explains how to use > > # kldload snd_emu10k1 > > on the command line or put > > snd_emu10k1_load="YES" > > in /boot/loader.conf. > > I think this needs to be > > # kldload sound > # kldload snd_emu10k1 > No, since when you do a kldload snd_emu10k1, it also loads sound. You can check it with a kldstat. > and > > sound_load="YES" > snd_emu10k1_load="YES" > snd_emu10k1_load="YES" is the only needed line. > However - I'm not 100% sure this is correct - so this should only be > added if someone else knows that this is an obvious omission. I'll > carefully verify this if needed, but will not be able to get back to > the machine for two weeks. What I do know for sure is that > > snd_sbc_load="YES" > Could you do a simple test: Use of snd_sbc_load="YES" and then do a kldstat and post the result. > did not work for me (sbc0 card found, but /dev/sndstat listed no > installed devices), but > > snd_driver_load="YES" > > worked (snd0 shows up in dmesg and audio works great). What is the output of cat /dev/sndstat What are the revelant lines from dmesg? > > While 7.2.1.1 seems complete I think 7.2.1 implies that only the > driver for the specific card is needed and does not mention the > generic audio driver. > These both sections are correct. But please try the tests I mentioned above, I suspect another problem... Marc