Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 19:23:03 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@freebsd.org> To: fww@ieee.org Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fix for Section 7.2.1.1 - Soundblaster 16 driver Message-ID: <20050829172303.GF595@gothic.blackend.org> In-Reply-To: <a2b9247605082909467eb95083@mail.gmail.com> References: <a2b9247605082908126161620e@mail.gmail.com> <20050829155939.GC595@gothic.blackend.org> <a2b9247605082909467eb95083@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 12:46:14PM -0400, Fred Wheeler wrote: > Marc is correct that my previous post makes little sense and section > and section 7.2.1.1 is good as it is. I was trying to recall what I > did a couple of days ago and by mistake I focused on 7.2.1.1 when my > suggestion really applies to 7.2.1. (That's why I was mixing up > loader.conf and kernel config file syntax.) > > Section 7.2.1 explains how to use > > # kldload snd_emu10k1 > > on the command line or put > > snd_emu10k1_load="YES" > > in /boot/loader.conf. > > I think this needs to be > > # kldload sound > # kldload snd_emu10k1 > No, since when you do a kldload snd_emu10k1, it also loads sound. You can check it with a kldstat. > and > > sound_load="YES" > snd_emu10k1_load="YES" > snd_emu10k1_load="YES" is the only needed line. > However - I'm not 100% sure this is correct - so this should only be > added if someone else knows that this is an obvious omission. I'll > carefully verify this if needed, but will not be able to get back to > the machine for two weeks. What I do know for sure is that > > snd_sbc_load="YES" > Could you do a simple test: Use of snd_sbc_load="YES" and then do a kldstat and post the result. > did not work for me (sbc0 card found, but /dev/sndstat listed no > installed devices), but > > snd_driver_load="YES" > > worked (snd0 shows up in dmesg and audio works great). What is the output of cat /dev/sndstat What are the revelant lines from dmesg? > > While 7.2.1.1 seems complete I think 7.2.1 implies that only the > driver for the specific card is needed and does not mention the > generic audio driver. > These both sections are correct. But please try the tests I mentioned above, I suspect another problem... Marc
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