From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 27 9:10:28 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from operamail.com (OperaMail.com [199.29.68.79]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CB5C37B479 for ; Fri, 27 Oct 2000 09:10:24 -0700 (PDT) X-WM-Posted-At: operamail.com; Fri, 27 Oct 00 11:41:48 -0400 X-WebMail-UserID: Jud Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 11:41:48 -0400 From: Jud To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org X-EXP32-SerialNo: 00000000 Subject: Newbie - Install New (Linux?) Audio Drivers? Message-ID: <39FA492E@operamail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: InterChange (Hydra) SMTP v3.61.08 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Have had FreeBSD 4.1 installed for a bit over a month now; my first Unix. Have installed some packages - XFree86 4.0.1 a couple of nights ago was my first successful upgrade of installed software. Have compiled & installed custom kernel a number of times. So that's the general state of my "skill level." I have a SB PCI 16 sound card (sold OEM in some Gateway boxes as SB PCI 64D, a/k/a Ensoniq Audio PCI or something like that). Get constant bkgd static-type noise, which can be minimized by fiddling with speaker wires but never goes away. Also, moving my cursor makes a sound like a small motorboat. Would a different audio driver help? I've been looking at ALSA and OSS stuff for Linux. Will Linux drivers work with FreeBSD? Where should a new audio driver be installed? Or is the solution a lot simpler and more basic? TIA, Jud To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message