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Date:      Sun, 05 Nov 2000 09:10:41 -0800
From:      "Bruce B. Lacey" <BBLacey@home.com>
To:        <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   SoundBlaster 16 PCI
Message-ID:  <B62AD491.68AB%BBLacey@home.com>

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I am having a real challenge getting a SoundBlaster 16 PCI sound card to
work correctly under FreeBSD 4.1.1.  I have read all the relevant articles
in the listserv archives but I still have not been successful so am
submitting a plea for help to the listserv.  All hints, tips and tricks are
graciously welcome.

The symptom is that when I play an mp3, the playback is very low volume,
staticy and sound only comes from the left speaker.  It also sounds like the
MP3 is playing at half speed.  I have been testing the install with
mp3blaster and amp.  The following provides the details for my setup.

I added "device pcm" to my keneral options file and rebuilt with

> /usr/sbin/config/FIREBALL
> cd ../../compile/FIREBALL
> make depend
> make
> make install
> reboot

The only non-GENERIC kernel option that I previously enabled is IPFILTER for
ipnat and ipf.  Essentially, the FIREBALL kernel is the GENERIC kernel with
"option IPFILTER" and "device pcm"

> uname -a
FreeBSD fireball 4.1.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.1.1-RELEASE #1: Sun Nov  5 20:00:27
PST 2000     root@fireball:/usr/src/sys/compile/FIREBALL  i386

> cat sndstat
FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm) Nov  5 2000 20:00:25
Installed devices:
pcm0: <AudioPCI ES1371> at io 0xc800 irq 15 (1p/1r channels duplex)

>cd /dev
>sh MAKEDEV snd0

> ls -lrt /dev
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root    wheel            4 Nov  6 07:57 pss -> pss0
crw-rw-rw-   1 root    wheel      30,   0 Nov  6 07:57 mixer0
crw-rw-rw-   1 root    wheel      30,   1 Nov  6 07:57 sequencer0
crw-rw-rw-   1 root    wheel      30,   2 Nov  6 07:57 midi0
crw-rw-rw-   1 root    wheel      30,   3 Nov  6 07:57 dsp0
crw-rw-rw-   1 root    wheel      30,   4 Nov  6 07:57 audio0
crw-rw-rw-   1 root    wheel      30,   5 Nov  6 07:57 dspW0
crw-rw-rw-   1 root    wheel      30,   6 Nov  6 07:57 sndstat
crw-rw-rw-   1 root    wheel      30,   8 Nov  6 07:57 music0
crw-rw-rw-   1 root    wheel      30,   9 Nov  6 07:57 pss0
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root    wheel            6 Nov  6 07:57 mixer -> mixer0
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root    wheel           10 Nov  6 07:57 sequencer ->
sequencer0
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root    wheel            4 Nov  6 07:57 dsp -> dsp0
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root    wheel            6 Nov  6 07:57 audio -> audio0
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root    wheel            5 Nov  6 07:57 dspW -> dspW0
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root    wheel            6 Nov  6 07:57 music -> music0

> mixer
Mixer vol      is currently set to 100:100
Mixer pcm      is currently set to 100:100
Mixer speaker  is currently set to  75:75
Mixer line     is currently set to 100:100
Mixer mic      is currently set to   0:0
Mixer cd       is currently set to  75:75
Mixer rec      is currently set to   0:0
Mixer line1    is currently set to  75:75
Mixer video    is currently set to  75:75

All hints, tips, or tricks will be most graciously received.
Bruce



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