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Date:      Wed, 11 Nov 1998 22:17:33 +0100
From:      "Pål Sommerhein" <paalsom@ifi.uio.no>
To:        mwlucas@exceptionet.com
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: silent sound card
Message-ID:  <3649FEED.130BA046@ifi.uio.no>
References:  <199811112001.PAA14099@easeway.com>

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mwlucas@exceptionet.com wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I finally broke down and bought a sound card.  It's a SoundBlaster 16 on a
> 3.0-current ELF box (supped two nights ago).
> 
> Built a new kernel with pca0 and pnp0.  The system recognized it on boot.
> Cdcontrol says it can play the disk (cdcontrol -f /dev/wcd0c play), and
> cdcontrol status says that the disk is playing.
> 
> But my speakers are silent.
> 
> I believe the hardware is properly configured; if I switch to my (dusty)
> NT hard drive, the card works perfectly.
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> Thanks,
> Michael
> 
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> Michael Lucas                   |
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Did you make the device nodes, i.e.
   /dev/MAKEDEV snd0

I just recompiled my kernel yesterday to get my soundcard working and
forgot to do just that.

Just a thought from a content newcomer to FreeBSD.
Take care
Pål

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