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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
> 
> 
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