From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jan 16 15:43:30 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA07810 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 16 Jan 1999 15:43:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from opengovt.open.org (opengovt.open.org [199.2.104.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA07802 for ; Sat, 16 Jan 1999 15:43:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Clark@open.org) Received: (from root@localhost) by opengovt.open.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id PAA17737; Sat, 16 Jan 1999 15:44:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from opengovt202.open.org(199.2.104.202) by opengovt.open.org via smap (V2.0) id xma017713; Sat, 16 Jan 99 15:44:04 -0800 Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.19990116145443.007b12e0@opengovt.open.org> X-Sender: clark@opengovt.open.org X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 14:54:43 -0800 To: Greg Black From: Robert Clark Subject: Re: Audio CD's won't play through the sound card. Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <19990116110714.16523.qmail@alice.gba.oz.au> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG One channel is getting audio + ground. The other channel is getting ground + ground. Incorrect patch cable for your drive. If you are into hardware, a little delicate surgery can usually move the pins around in the cable's connector. A thin edged tool, a brightly lit surface, and a few seconds work is all it takes. In the even it doesn't help, the changes are reversible. Just make a sketch of the pin layout before you start. (Just a guess.) [RC] At 09:07 PM 1/16/99 +1000, Greg Black wrote: >> > I have recently recompiled my kernel with support for my sound card (sb16). >> > It seems to work (at least I was able to hear the little .au file that >> > I redirected to /dev/audio), but I still can't get the CDs to play >> > through the sound card. >> >> There is a separate cable used to connect your CD drive to your sound card >> for this purpose. I've seen several machines where the cable was missing. >> It's a thin, round, black or grey cable about the size of a mouse's. I'll >> bet yours is missing. > >My problem is slightly different -- the CDs play fine if I plug >the speaker cable into the jack on the front of the CD drive, >but if I plug it into the SB, I get mono sound from one speaker >only -- this happens on several sound cards, so it's not a >faulty card. Any ideas? > >-- >Greg Black > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message