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Date:      Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:10:55 +0200
From:      "Marco Trillo" <marcotrillo@gmail.com>
To:        "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Horst_G=FCnther_Burkhardt_III?=" <horst@sxemacs.org>
Cc:        freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Resignation, X being a <insert expletive>, and assorted questions.
Message-ID:  <b9c23c9f0810220210u7e40ee27xa9a68b39f90300f7@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <1224657584.10591.72.camel@horst-tla>
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Hi,

On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 8:39 AM, Horst G=FCnther Burkhardt III
<horst@sxemacs.org> wrote:
> ------------
>  Networking
> ------------
> It seems FreeBSD does not always try to do DHCP configuration at boot of
> the onboard gem0 - This is slightly annoying as it always boots up
> thinking it's 1976. I'm sure you can understand why this is of concern.
>
> I've tried editing some of the bootscripts for this to no avail - any
> ideas?

Do you have a line such as
ifconfig_gem0=3D"DHCP"
added to your /etc/rc.conf file ?

>
> -------
>  Audio
> -------
> I'm not sure of the soundcard this mac uses, but I believe it's  Apple
> Crystal (a look at the motherboard and there's a small chip that says
> CRYSTAL that looks like the sound chip on the iMac) so... I think
> FreeBSD supports it. Is there a good way to test sound with the base
> system (i.e. without installing mpg123?)
>

The Crystal chip is indeed the sound codec -- it can be either the
"Burgundy" (CS4211) chip, used on original iMacs, or the "Screamer"
(CS4212) chip, used on iMac DVs and late iMac G3s. What model of iMac
is this?

I have a driver and patch that supports both of these devices --
currently audio output only. It should apply at least to 8.0-current
and to 7.x -- let me know if you are interested on testing it .


Thanks,
Marco



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