From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 11 10:22:36 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D99A37B401 for ; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 10:22:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from apollo.laserfence.net (apollo.laserfence.net [196.44.69.138]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72C7743FBD for ; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 10:22:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from will@unfoldings.net) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by apollo.laserfence.net with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18if35-000GEr-00; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 20:22:27 +0200 Received: from prometheus-p0.datel.laserfence.net ([192.168.255.1] helo=prometheus.home.laserfence.net) by apollo.laserfence.net with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18if2r-000GEj-00; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 20:22:14 +0200 Received: from phoenix.home.laserfence.net ([192.168.0.2]) by prometheus.home.laserfence.net with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18if2k-0003OQ-00; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 20:22:06 +0200 Received: from will by phoenix.home.laserfence.net with local (Exim 4.10) id 18if2i-00007G-00; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 20:22:04 +0200 From: Willie Viljoen To: Ian Barnes Subject: Re: Sound Card and Speakers Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 20:22:04 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: <200302111940.34786.ian@cerebellum.za.net> In-Reply-To: <200302111940.34786.ian@cerebellum.za.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200302112022.04484.will@unfoldings.net> X-Spam-Score: (/) X-Scanner: exiscan for exim4 (http://duncanthrax.net/exiscan/) *18if2r-000GEj-00*fm85b9QV4P2* X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS snapshot-20020422 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tuesday 11 February 2003 19:40, Ian Barnes wrote: > Hi, > > I have a sound blaster live value, with Cambride Soundworks 5.1 Surround > Speakers. I am running FreeBSD 5.0 Rel, in my kernel config i have device > pcm, my sound works fine. The only thing that is bothering me, is that it > the surround sound isnt working properly. I am using KDE as my window > manager, wih xmms as my mp3 player. > > Has anyone managed to get this problem sorted out ? Am i alone ? > > Thanks for the help > > Ian Barnes You're not alone :) As far as I know, the pcm(4) driver currently only supports 2 channels, which means your rear speakers will not be getting a signal. It might be a good thing to submit a PR and remind the developers that people want extra channel support, although I am sure they are working on it :) Will -- Willie Viljoen Freelance IT Consultant 214 Paul Kruger Avenue, Universitas Bloemfontein 9321 South Africa +27 51 522 15 60 +27 51 522 44 36 (after hours) +27 82 404 03 27 (mobile) will@unfoldings.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message