Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 16:00:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: matthew jennings <alchemic@geocities.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Upgrading sound drivers from 2.2.6-RELEASE Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9807301600320.17630-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <35C005F9.29DDCAB1@geocities.com>
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On Thu, 30 Jul 1998, matthew jennings wrote: > > > I recently installed the Linux Quake binaries, and have managed to get > > > 'quake.x11' to work with no problems, except for its lack of sound > > > output. I've gleaned that Quake needs a sound driver with mmap()able DMA > > > buffer support, but I'm not quite sure how to go about getting such a > > > driver. I'm running 2.2.6-RELEASE and using the included sound drivers > > > snd0, sb0, sbxvi0, and sbmidi0. Is there a directory on the FTP site > > > from which I can download the updated drivers? Anyplace else I might be > > > able to find them? I'd greatly appreciate any and all advice in this > > > area. > > > > Take a look in the mail archives for Darius's Quake page. I've posted the > > URL a few times, but don't have it handy. > > I've looked at that page before and I just looked at it again. All it > says is the following: "If you want sound you need a sound driver > capable of supporting mmap()able DMA buffers, ie the -current sound > drivers, Luigi's patches don't do this (maybe you could do it? :)" This > is information that I knew prior to asking the list. My question is, is > there some way I can upgrade my sound drivers to the ones present in > 3.0-CURRENT? Or is this impossible without upgrading the entire system? it depends on which one, since there are two drivers -- VoxWare and Luigi's. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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