Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 15:23:24 -0800 From: "Bruce B. Lacey" <BBLacey@home.com> To: <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: SoundBlaster 16 PCI Message-ID: <B62B2BEB.68FF%BBLacey@home.com> In-Reply-To: <B62AD491.68AB%BBLacey@home.com>
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on 11/5/00 9:10 AM, Bruce B. Lacey at BBLacey@home.com wrote: > I am having a real challenge getting a SoundBlaster 16 PCI sound card to > work correctly under FreeBSD 4.1.1. I have read all the relevant articles > in the listserv archives but I still have not been successful so am > submitting a plea for help to the listserv. All hints, tips and tricks are > graciously welcome. > > The symptom is that when I play an mp3, the playback is very low volume, > staticy and sound only comes from the left speaker. It also sounds like the > MP3 is playing at half speed. I have been testing the install with > mp3blaster and amp. The following provides the details for my setup. It turns out that the card was defective. I exchanged it today and the new one works perfectly. > I added "device pcm" to my keneral options file and rebuilt with > >> /usr/sbin/config/FIREBALL >> cd ../../compile/FIREBALL >> make depend >> make >> make install >> reboot > > The only non-GENERIC kernel option that I previously enabled is IPFILTER for > ipnat and ipf. Essentially, the FIREBALL kernel is the GENERIC kernel with > "option IPFILTER" and "device pcm" > >> uname -a > FreeBSD fireball 4.1.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.1.1-RELEASE #1: Sun Nov 5 20:00:27 > PST 2000 root@fireball:/usr/src/sys/compile/FIREBALL i386 > >> cat sndstat > FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm) Nov 5 2000 20:00:25 > Installed devices: > pcm0: <AudioPCI ES1371> at io 0xc800 irq 15 (1p/1r channels duplex) > >> cd /dev >> sh MAKEDEV snd0 > >> ls -lrt /dev > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 4 Nov 6 07:57 pss -> pss0 > crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 30, 0 Nov 6 07:57 mixer0 > crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 30, 1 Nov 6 07:57 sequencer0 > crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 30, 2 Nov 6 07:57 midi0 > crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 30, 3 Nov 6 07:57 dsp0 > crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 30, 4 Nov 6 07:57 audio0 > crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 30, 5 Nov 6 07:57 dspW0 > crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 30, 6 Nov 6 07:57 sndstat > crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 30, 8 Nov 6 07:57 music0 > crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 30, 9 Nov 6 07:57 pss0 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 6 Nov 6 07:57 mixer -> mixer0 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 10 Nov 6 07:57 sequencer -> > sequencer0 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 4 Nov 6 07:57 dsp -> dsp0 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 6 Nov 6 07:57 audio -> audio0 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 5 Nov 6 07:57 dspW -> dspW0 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 6 Nov 6 07:57 music -> music0 > >> mixer > Mixer vol is currently set to 100:100 > Mixer pcm is currently set to 100:100 > Mixer speaker is currently set to 75:75 > Mixer line is currently set to 100:100 > Mixer mic is currently set to 0:0 > Mixer cd is currently set to 75:75 > Mixer rec is currently set to 0:0 > Mixer line1 is currently set to 75:75 > Mixer video is currently set to 75:75 > > All hints, tips, or tricks will be most graciously received. > Bruce > > > > 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
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