Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 18:22:41 +0100 (CET) From: "Jorn Argelo" <jorn@jorn.servebeer.com> To: freebsd@sp1r1t.de Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gnome startup : \"can\'t find /dev/sound/mixer\" Message-ID: <50074.172.16.1.2.1074446561.squirrel@jorn.servebeer.com> In-Reply-To: <200401181444.i0IEiGpU024042@webmailer.hosteurope.de> References: <200401181444.i0IEiGpU024042@webmailer.hosteurope.de>
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> Hello everybody, > > > I have FreeBSD 4.8 installed on an AMD thunderbird 800 and i am using > gnome. > everytime i start gnome, i get the error message \"cant open > /dev/sound/mixer\". > There is a Sound Blaster 128 Pro PCI installed in the box, but neither > does /dev/sound > exist, nor can i spot anything that looks as if it could be a sound card > in the output of dmesg. > > a threat at linuxquestions.org [1] exists that seems to describe the same > problem and someone claims the solution was to rebuild the kernel with > soundcart support, but noone did further comment on that proposal. > is there no sound card support in freebsd 4.8 by default? do i have to > rebuild the kernel? > or is there another solution to my problem? Yes, you have to recompile the kernel in order to get sound support. If you don't know how to do it, consult the handbook. You do this by adding the following parameters in the following in your kernel configuration: device pcm device sbc
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