Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 01:57:49 -0500 From: "Andrew C. Hornback" <achornback@worldnet.att.net> To: <bastill@sa.apana.org.au>, "Matthew Graybosch" <matthew@starbreaker.net> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: soundcard install Message-ID: <002801c1935a$ca5e4540$6600000a@ach.domain> In-Reply-To: <02010216575000.01096@BAPhD.gihon.org.au>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Brian Astill > Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 1:28 AM > To: Matthew Graybosch > Cc: FreeBSD Questions > Subject: Re: soundcard install > > On Wednesday 02 January 2002 11:55, Matthew Graybosch wrote: > > > If you're talking about a GUI tool for configuring soundcards, like > > YaST2 or HardDrake, then you're out of luck. If you have a pcm-based > > soundcard, all you need to do is read the Kernel Config section of > > the handbook: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfi > >g.html > > > > Once you've done that, take the attached kernel config and place it > > in /usr/src/sys/i386/conf. Then follow the instructions for building > > a custom kernel using the config file I gave you. > > Matthew, you ARE kidding? Umm, no, he's not. > Rebuild the kernel to obtain sound? Yes... > That is absurd in this day and age. Depends on the machine, but on most of the systems that I've worked on, it's been trivial. Besides, you want to tune the kernel so you only load the drivers you need and get rid of the fluff. > Surely you must be mistaken? Nope. Unless there's a way to do a loadable kernel module to support the sound card. I'm not too certain about such things, and I'll leave it to the others to field that question. > I don't necessarily expect HardDrake or Yast - but sndconfig surely > isn't asking too much. > > I had wondered why KDE in my recently installed FBSD 4.4 OS kept coming > up with a warning about an unconfigured sound card - and I couldn't > find a configuration utility. Surely your explanation cannot be the > correct one? It is. > > Good luck. > > If you are correct, newbies will surely need all the luck the can find! Compiling a kernel is a "right of passage" for most FreeBSD users. If you don't know how to do something that simple, there's a lot of things that will confuse you even further about the system when you're dealing with the guts of it. Greg Lehey's "The Complete FreeBSD" does a good job of discussing how and why to recompile a kernel, and I'm sure there are tutorials on the various BSD support sites out there describing the process as well. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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