From owner-freebsd-multimedia Thu Apr 18 9:33:38 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from jupiter.linuxengine.net (jupiter.linuxengine.net [209.61.188.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0AFB37B419; Thu, 18 Apr 2002 09:32:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jupiterweb.commercevault.com (jupiterweb.commercevault.com [209.61.179.16] (may be forged)) by jupiter.linuxengine.net (8.11.6/8.11.0) with ESMTP id g3IGWi313034; Thu, 18 Apr 2002 11:32:44 -0500 Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 11:32:44 -0500 (CDT) From: John Utz X-X-Sender: john@jupiter.linuxengine.net To: Jean-Mark Dupoux Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Subject: Re: Kernel config parameters for soundcard - 4.4 release In-Reply-To: <3CBED7A5.2E42D328@lineone.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org why are you using snd instead of pcm? snd is pretty deprecated.... i think you will get immediately better results using sbc ( the sb bridge driver for pcm ) and pcm man pcm and man sbc can be your new best friends! On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Jean-Mark Dupoux wrote: > Im having problems with an option for soundcard support to put in a > kernel config file. To begin with I added the following lines into the > config file: > > device snd > device sb0 at isa? port 0x220 irq 5 drq 0 flags 0x11 > device sbmidi0 at isa? port 0x330 irq 9 > device opl0 at isa? port 0x388 > device joy0 at isa? port 0x200 > > The kernel compiled properly and successfully loaded the soundblaster > pro 3.1 driver. But I still got no sound out of the card, using cat > /filename > /dev/audio or > /dev/dsp and got the same no sound > result using play /filename > > when I checked cat /dev/sndstat it showed that no mixer was loaded, > which seemed like a fair explanation for the silence, so I dug deeper > in man sb(4). This turned up an extra option for the Sound Galaxy pro > card that I am using which should specifically add mixer support - the > SG card apparently has a slightly different mixer from a basic SB pro > which includes bass/treble adjustment, and I hoped the problem would be > solved. > So I went ahead and added the suggestion from man sb > > options __SGNXPRO__ > > into the config file, right after the sound devices section, but now > the kernel doesnt compile any more. After running > ln -s /usr/local/kernels/MYKERNELFILE > I then enter as usual: > /usr/sbin/config MYKERNELFILE > > but that's as far as the process gets. The output on the screen is: > Error > Unknown option __SGNXPRO__ (line xxx) > > I've checked and double-checked the relevant documentation and im sure > I havnt made a typo or syntax error. > What's more that specific option seems to have been present going back > quite a few releases, so I'm truly puzzled why config wont accept it > > Has anyone else got experience with this kind of card, or with > options parameters for soundcards generally, or should I be thinking > about reporting this to bugs ? > > thanks in advance > Jean-Mark Dupoux > jmdupoux_@_lineone.net > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message > -- John L. Utz III john@utzweb.net Idiocy is the Impulse Function in the Convolution of Life To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message