Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 13:09:14 -0700 (PDT) From: K Chapman <tech2187@yahoo.com> To: "Conrad J. Sabatier" <conrads@cox.net>, freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Fwd: sound in CURRENT] Message-ID: <20040821200914.33010.qmail@web51003.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20040821133701.6ecf9f04@dolphin.local.net>
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--- "Conrad J. Sabatier" <conrads@cox.net> wrote: > On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 19:13:13 +0200 > Christer Solskogen <solskogen@carebears.mine.nu> > wrote: > > > -----Forwarded Message----- > > > From: Christer Solskogen > <solskogen@carebears.mine.nu> > > > To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org > > > Subject: sound in CURRENT > > > Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 16:26:03 +0200 > > > > > > FreeBSD funshine.carebears.net 5.3-BETA1 FreeBSD > 5.3-BETA1 #1: Sat > > > Aug 21 15:51:04 CEST 2004 > > > > root@funshine.carebears.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/FUNSHINE > amd64 > > > > > > I cant get sound working on my SB Live. > > > I have the following in kernel config: > > > device sound > > > device "snd_emu10k1" > > > > > > It seems like I dont have any sound modules > either in /boot/kernel > > > (yeah, i know the modules are named snd_*) > > > > > > (no need to CC: back to me. I`m subscribed) > > > > Could this only be on amd64? > > There are no sound modules on amd64 yet; sound > *must* be compiled into > the kernel. > > I don't know about the SB Live; I thought it was > supposed to be one of > the better-supported cards. Apparently not. <sigh> > And to think I > was on the verge of buying one recently in hopes of > curing my own sound > problems. > > That being said, all I can add is that sound on > amd64 appears to be > seriously broken, with no fix in sight. I've tried > both the onboard > sound (nVidia nForce3) and my old es1371 card (which > works fine on my > old i386 Athlon box), and both break down after a > certain period of time > with "pcm0:play:0: play interrupt timeout, channel > dead", after which, > sound is no longer useable until a reboot. i dont use the nvidia chipset amd64 boards, i saw enough reports from linux and freebsd folks to stay away from those... the K8T800 chipset with onboard sound works fine for me with freebsd/amd64. ===== aaarrrggghhh!!!! FreeBSD rocks _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now. http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush
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