Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 08:18:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Dan Janowski <danj@3skel.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Jerry Dunham <jdunham@fc.net>, Patrick Seal <patseal@hyperhost.net>, john sconier <kns@enteract.com>, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sound on laptop Dell Latitude cpi?? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9908090816230.34004-100000@fnur.3skel.com> In-Reply-To: <19990805084106.N62948@freebie.lemis.com>
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On Thu, 5 Aug 1999, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Wednesday, 4 August 1999 at 7:33:32 -0500, Jerry Dunham wrote: > > Patrick Seal babbled: > >> Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 00:38:32 -0400 > >> From: Patrick Seal <patseal@hyperhost.net> > >> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> > >> Cc: john sconier <kns@enteract.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, > >> freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG > > > >> On Wed, Aug 04, 1999 at 11:02:02AM +0930i, Greg Lehey wrote: > >>> On Tuesday, 3 August 1999 at 19:59:02 -0400, Patrick Seal wrote: > >>>> > >>>> the pcm driver works for me: > >>>> > >>>> device pcm0 at isa? port? tty irq 5 drq 1 flags 0x15 > >>>> > >>>> Note that I have a Latitude CPi 266 (the older big screen one) > >>> > >>> That sounds identical to mine. How's the volume compared with > >>> Microsoft? > >> > >> Oh geez, even with headphones it's not even worth it. I've never tried > >> it with windows, so I don't know if it's just crappy sound or the FreeBSD > >> sound drivers. > > > > Hmmm.... Mine seems plenty loud enough, but I'm currently running NT4. I > > only have FreeBSD on an older Latitude with no audio. My guess is that > > you're seeing a software problem, not a hardware problem, but, of course, > > your particular machine could have something going on that's unique to it. > > As I mentioned earlier, I have both Microsoft and FreeBSD on my CTi. > I wouldn't call the sound under FreeBSD "crappy", but the level is > *much* below that of Microsoft. I'd agree that this is probably a > software problem. > was too low for me too. i noticed that the pcm level in the mixer was too low. i set it to 90 or so and it seems about the same as windows. Dan -- Dan Janowski danj@3skel.com Triskelion Systems, Inc. Bronx, NY To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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