Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 11:26:48 -0500 From: "Teilhard Knight" <teilhk@sociopathicnut.org> To: "FreeBSD" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Sound driver Message-ID: <04ad01c5d7ee$94da7420$210110ac@fortunato> References: <03c201c5d764$be36c8d0$210110ac@fortunato><435AD3B3.7030506@mkproductions.org><047f01c5d7bf$2f0d3fd0$210110ac@fortunato> <435BB36C.1020703@mkproductions.org>
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Mark Kane wrote: > Teilhard Knight wrote: >> Mark Kane wrote: >> >>> Teilhard Knight wrote: >>> >>>> Hello: >>>> >>>> I have only compiled a kernel for FreeBSD for the series 4.x. I now >>>> installed version 5.4, and I do not have sound. I am compiling my >>>> custom kernel essentially to get sound. In the series 4.x the >>>> driver "pcm" worked fine for me. My question is whether I should >>>> stick to the same driver or I should use another driver in the 5.4 >>>> install. Any feedback will be appreciated. >>>> >>>> Teilhard. >>> >>> >>> Hi. Check out: >>> >>> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/sound-setup.html >>> >>> >>> It's "device sound" in 5.x instead of "device pcm". Obviously then >>> add in support for your specific sound card with the documentation >>> provided there. >>> >>> Hope that helps. :) >> >> >> It helped a lot. I issued the command "kldload sound" in my original >> kernel, and loaded the module snd_ich. I have sound now when I click >> on "test sound" in the sound section of the CC and on starting a KDE >> session. Problem is, I only get sound through the right hand side and I >> get >> nothing when trying to play a CD. Any ideas? >> >> Teilhard. > > Glad you got it working. Now for the new issues: > > I have not used KDE in a long time but I do know that their aRTs > daemon takes over sound. Are there any settings showing the left and > right channels that you can adjust? Maybe called "Balance"? You might > also make sure that the connector on the actual sound card going to your > speakers/headphones is plugged in all the way. I know if mine is only > halfway in then I only hear one channel. > > As for CD audio not playing, have you made sure that the audio > connector is connected from your CD drive to your sound card? It could be > that, > or the mixer levels in aRTs are muted or not raised for CD's. As far as I can see, the only thing present in my system to make audio adjustments is Kmix. Very simple compared to Alsamixer in Mandriva. It does not have any sort of balance or individual controls for left and right channels, but for example, only slider for volume. I have now compiled my kernel and included support for audio. It came out without it, as the generic kernel. I'd better make another post and explain in more detail, as it is a different issue. Thanks so much for your feedback. Teilhard.
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