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Date:      Fri, 23 Feb 2001 20:58:50 -0600
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
To:        Odhiambo Washington <wash@iconnect.co.ke>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How could I do with my sound card?
Message-ID:  <14999.9066.251844.237839@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <110963248@toto.iv>

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Odhiambo Washington <wash@iconnect.co.ke> types:
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> * Liu Siwei <swliucn@yahoo.com> [20010223 03:32]: writing on the subject 'H=
> ow could I do with my sound card?'
> Liu> Hello, My question is:
> Liu>   My sound card is CS423X, FreeBSD supports it. It
> Liu> says: pcm1: <CS423x> at port
> Liu> 0x534-0x537,0x388-0x38b,0x220-0x22f irq 5 drq 1,0 on
> Liu> isa0
> Liu> . But my system is FreeBSD-current, the /dev file
> Liu> system I can't write, can't use sh MAKEDEV snd0, and
> Liu> all software to look for /dev/mixer0 ..
> Liu>   So how could to now?
> You shouldn't be running -CURRENT if you're that newbie.!!!
> It is meant for the developers.

Most definitely. In fact:

> For consolation, you need to login as superuser to be able to do that
> thing.
> su
> root#
> root# cd /dev
> root# ./MAKEDEV snd0
> I'm sure it shouldn't fail if you do it that way.

I'm sure it will.  Looking through his original message, and note
(after cleaning up his mailer crapping all over it):

> my df:
> Filesystem  1K-blocks     Used    Avail Capacity Mounted on
> /dev/ad0s1a    228207    98219   111732    47%   /
> devfs               1        1        0   100%   /dev/
> /dev/ad0s1e   3460132  1892196  1291126    59%   /usr
> procfs              4        4        0   100%   /proc
> /dev/acd0a     659010   659010        0   100%   /cdrom

He's using devfs. There is no /dev/MAKEDEV (and it doesn't show up in
his ls of /dev ). Devfsf won't allow you to make nodes on it, so
there's no point in it being there.

All of which is part of why you don't want to run -current without
good reason.

	<mike
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