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Date:      24 Jan 2001 16:03:31 -0800
From:      david@metalogik.com
To:        sdn@sprintlabs.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Sound on Dell Inspiron 8000
Message-ID:  <20010125000331.17438.cpmta@c001.snv.cp.net>

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On Wed, 24 January 2001, Steven Davidson wrote:

not working here.  i do not think that the current drivers for audio support the Maestro 3x that the new dells come with.

> 
> david@metalogik.com wrote:
> 
> > anyone have sound on a dell i8k working?
> >
> > how?
> >
> > cheers,
> >     david j harding - david@metalogik.com
> >   metalogik industries
> >
> > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
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> 
> No, but I just got sound working on FreeBSD 4.1.1-RELEASE.
> My computer is a Dell Optiplex GX1 with built-in audio hardware
> (no sound card added).
> The effort seemed trivial, and may apply to your machine.
> Please post your results to the list.
> 
> This is all I did:
> 
> I added this line to the end of my devices section of my kernel
> config file at /sys/i386/conf/MYKERNEL:
> device          pcm
> 
> I did:
> cd /dev
> ./MAKEDEV snd0
> 
> rebuild the kernel and reboot.
> 
> cat sorrydave.au > /dev/audio
> 
> And it worked.
> 
> Also of interest,
> % cat /dev/sndstat
> FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm) Jan 22 2001 16:21:02
> Installed devices:
> pcm0: <CS423x> at io 0x534 irq 5 drq 1:0 (1p/1r channels duplex)

cheers,
    david j harding - david@metalogik.com
  metalogik industries


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