From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 7 10:49:15 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from monsoon.mail.pipex.net (monsoon.mail.pipex.net [158.43.128.69]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 56FE637BE8A for ; Tue, 7 Mar 2000 10:49:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: (qmail 6228 invoked from network); 7 Mar 2000 18:48:59 -0000 Received: from userca86.uk.uudial.com (HELO parish.my.domain) (62.188.150.154) by smtp.dial.pipex.com with SMTP; 7 Mar 2000 18:48:59 -0000 Received: (from mark@localhost) by parish.my.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA01260; Tue, 7 Mar 2000 18:48:55 GMT (envelope-from mark) Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 18:48:55 +0000 From: Mark Ovens To: Jerry Lei Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: No sound II Message-ID: <20000307184855.B234@parish> References: <20000307183236.13711.qmail@hotmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20000307183236.13711.qmail@hotmail.com>; from tylei@hotmail.com on Tue, Mar 07, 2000 at 10:32:36AM -0800 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Mar 07, 2000 at 10:32:36AM -0800, Jerry Lei wrote: > Hi, > > As Mark told me, I try to using mixer to make my xmcd "speak out". > I pkg_add mixer.app, but I found I have another problem - I don't have > /dev/mixer which mixer(app) will use this device to adjust the vol, etc. > Mixer tell me that it can't find /dev/mixer. > I check the kernel configuration file GENERIC and LINT, there is no > description of mixer device. > > How can I get a /dev/mixer? Thanks > Ah, did you do a MAKEDEV when you installed your soundcard?? It appears not: # cd /dev # ./MAKEDEV snd0 NOTE: If your sound card is PCI then use # ./MAKEDEV snd1 0 is for ISA devices. mixer is a symlink to mixer{0,1}: parish# cd /dev parish# ls -l mix* 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 parish# HTH > > Lei > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Microsoft: Where do you want to go today? Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow? BSD: Are you guys coming, or what? -Poster at LinuxWorld 2000 ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message