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Date:      Fri, 24 Mar 2000 18:35:18 +0000
From:      Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org>
To:        Danny <dannyh@idx.com.au>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Strange entry in /var/log/messages
Message-ID:  <20000324183518.A233@parish>
In-Reply-To: <00032512380700.00323@freebsd.freebsd.org>; from dannyh@idx.com.au on Sat, Mar 25, 2000 at 12:36:54PM %2B1100
References:  <20000323213921.B232@parish> <00032512380700.00323@freebsd.freebsd.org>

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On Sat, Mar 25, 2000 at 12:36:54PM +1100, Danny wrote:
> Thank you for your help
> 
> But, what happens if there is not such thing in /dev/mixer
> 

You mean that you have no file called ``mixer'' in /dev?
If that is the case then you haven't done ``cd /dev ; ./MAKEDEV snd1``

   parish# cd /dev
   parish# ls -l mixer* audio* snd* music*
   lrwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel         6 Mar  4 21:34 audio -> audio0
   crw-rw-rw-  1 root  wheel   30,   4 Mar 23 21:34 audio0
   crw-rw-rw-  1 root  wheel   30,  20 Feb  5 13:53 audio1
   lrwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel         6 Mar  4 21:34 mixer -> mixer0
   crw-rw-rw-  1 root  wheel   30,   0 Mar  4 21:34 mixer0
   crw-rw-rw-  1 root  wheel   30,  16 Feb  5 13:53 mixer1
   lrwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel         6 Mar  4 21:34 music -> music0
   crw-rw-rw-  1 root  wheel   30,   8 Mar  4 21:34 music0
   crw-rw-rw-  1 root  wheel   30,  24 Feb  5 13:53 music1
   -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel      4698 Jan 24 21:52 snd
   -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel    135876 Mar 23 21:32 snd0
   -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel    335114 Apr 29  1999 snd1
   crw-rw-rw-  1 root  wheel   30,   6 Mar  4 21:34 sndstat
   parish# 

OK, mine is symlinked to mixer0, but that's 'coz I'm running 4.0 where
pcm0 is no longer reserved for ISA cards.

> Question
> 
> 1)does it mean I have to re compile the kernel again?
> 
> Looking forward to your feedback.
> 
> dannyh
> 
> dannyh@idx.com.au
> 
> 
> On Fri, 24 Mar 2000, Mark Ovens wrote:
> > On Sat, Mar 25, 2000 at 08:20:41AM +1100, Danny wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > -If this message in /var/log/messages is my sound card then how come I can't
> > > play any sound on KDE and
> > > 
> > 
> > Dunno, I don't use KDE, but check the volume (and pcm) levels in mixer
> > (sometimes they start off set to 0):
> > 
> > 	   parish# mixer
> > 	   Mixer vol      is currently set to  77:77
> > 	   Mixer pcm      is currently set to  91:91
> > 	   Mixer speaker  is currently set to  80:80
> > 	   Mixer line     is currently set to  78:78
> > 	   Mixer mic      is currently set to   0:0
> > 	   Mixer cd       is currently set to  78:78
> > 	   Mixer rec      is currently set to   0:0
> > 	   Mixer line1    is currently set to  78:78
> > 	   Mixer video    is currently set to  78:78
> > 	   parish# 
> > 
> > You can change them using ``mixer vol 100'' etc.
> > 
> > > - how can I for example use the terminal to play test sound. 
> > 
> > You can cat(1) .au files directly to /dev/audio (make sure that
> > /dev/audio is a symlink to /dev/audio1):
> > 
> >     # cat /usr/local/lib/python1.5/test/audiotest.au > /dev/audio
> > 
> > splay(1) or similar from the ports is required to play .WAV files.
> > 
> > HTH
> >  
> > > 
> > > On Thu, 23 Mar 2000, Mark Ovens wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 08:38:45AM +1100, Danny Ho wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > Hello, I keep getting this in my /var/log/messages does it mean it has probed
> > > > > my sound card?
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Yes, although the "aha0 not found at 0x134" means it didn't find an
> > > > Adaptec SCSI card.
> > > > 
> > > > > The entry in /var/log/messages is shown below: -
> > > > > 
> > > > > Mar 23 22:09:44 freebsd /kernel: setting up yamaha registers
> > > > > Mar 23 22:09:44 freebsd /kernel: set yamaha master volume to max
> > > > > Mar 23 22:09:44 freebsd /kernel: pcm1 (CS423x/Yamaha/AD1816 <Yamaha SA2> sn 0xffffffff) at 0x530-0x537 irq 5 drq 0 flags 0x11 on isa
> > > > > Mar 23 22:09:44 freebsd /kernel: aha0 not found at 0x134
> > > > > Mar 24 08:04:12 freebsd /kernel: mss_attach <Yamaha SA2>1 at 0x530 irq 5 dma 0:1 flags 0x11 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Looking forward to your feedback.
> > > > > 
> > > > > dannyh
> > > > > 
> > > > > dannyh@idx.com.au
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
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