Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 16:23:27 +0900 From: "R. Lahaye" <lahaye@users.sourceforge.net> To: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Can't get SoundBlaster to work with 4.3! Message-ID: <3B4EA1EF.149A0BB4@users.sourceforge.net> References: <20010713024633.X23827-100000@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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Thanks! That helped me one step forwards. I can cat the .au files and hear the sound: However, my xcdplayer still complains about the $ cat /usr/local/share/apps/kjezz/sounds/reflect.au > /dev/audio However, xcdplayer complains (even when ran as root): # xcdplayer open: : Device not configured open: : Device not configured open: : Device not configured open: : Device not configured open: : Device not configured [...snip...] Any idea what causes this error message? (Please remember I'm new to FreeBSD) Thanks, Rob. Joe Clarke wrote: > > Make sure you have permission to write to /dev/audio. For example: > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 6 May 6 05:24 audio -> audio0 > crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 30, 4 May 6 05:24 audio0 > > (Yours may point to audio1). You might also try upping the sound volume > with the mixer(8) command. > > Joe Clarke > > On Fri, 13 Jul 2001, R. Lahaye wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm running 4.3 and am a complete newbie to FreeBSD. > > > > I have tried the guidelines in the Free BSD handbook, that > > comes with the installation. It talks vagely about the sound > > setup for SoundBlaster 16. > > > > I added in MYKERNEL config: > > > > device pcm > > device pcm0 at isa? irq 5 drq 1 flags 0x0 > > > > I had then recompiled the kernel and rebooted my machine > > (did the whole thing: > > # /usr/sbin/config MYKERNEL > > # cd ../../compile/MYKERNEL > > # make depend > > # make > > # make install > > # shutdown -r now > > > > The end of 'dmesg' says: > > > > sbc0: <Creative ViBRA16X> at port 0x220-0x22f,0x330-0x331,0x388-0x38b irq 5 drq 1,3 on isa0 > > pcm1: <SB16 DSP 4.16 (ViBRA16X)> on sbc0 > > > > > > I then made the devices: > > > > # cat /dev/sndstat > > FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm) Jul 13 2001 14:16:12 > > Installed devices: > > pcm1: <SB16 DSP 4.16 (ViBRA16X)> at io 0x220 irq 5 drq 1 (1p/1r channels) > > # cd /dev > > # ./MAKEDEV snd0 > > # ./MAKEDEV snd1 > > > > -------------- > > > > How can I try sound now? I've done the following: > > > > $ cat /usr/local/share/apps/kjezz/sounds/reflect.au > /dev/audio > > > > <no sound at all> > > > > $ xcdplay > > open: : Permission denied > > open: : Permission denied > > open: : Permission denied > > open: : Permission denied > > open: : Permission denied > > open: : Permission denied > > [...snip...] > > > > > > Any idea what is wrong with this procedure for Sound Blaster 16? > > > > Thanks a lot! > > > > Rob. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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