From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 27 9:44: 1 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A51037B479 for ; Fri, 27 Oct 2000 09:43:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.10.0/8.10.0) id e9RGhuW02202; Fri, 27 Oct 2000 09:43:56 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 09:43:56 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Jud Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Newbie - Install New (Linux?) Audio Drivers? Message-ID: <20001027094356.D28123@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <39FA492E@operamail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: <39FA492E@operamail.com>; from Jud@operamail.com on Fri, Oct 27, 2000 at 11:41:48AM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Jud [001027 09:10] wrote: > 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? Linux drivers will not work on FreeBSD, OSS might work, but it's probably a better idea to let us know exactly how you have enabled sound and what apps you are using for sound. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message