Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 00:04:47 +0000 From: Anthony Carmody <anthony@carmoda.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cannot view network servers, no sound Message-ID: <3F8F321F.5040607@carmoda.com> In-Reply-To: <44brshz49h.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <3F8DA152.7000002@carmoda.com> <44brshz49h.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Anthony Carmody <freebsd.org@carmoda.com> writes: > > >>Running FreeBSD 5.1 on an Intel D45PESV mainboard. [onboard sound AC97 >>AC1981B] > > > Sounds fine. It's a "technology preview" release, remember, but it > should be pretty solid for your purposes. sure. and it's the 5th 5.1 machine i have built, just that i need this one as a workstation.. >>i have no sound and i cannot browse my network machines in >>gnome. Everything seems to work just fine, just that i get an error >>upon starting gnome [something about the mixer] and when i go to add a >>network server i get nothing. I have noticed that logged in as 'root' >>i can see them, just not connect. >> >>i have no idea about testing sound outside of a GUI so i dont know >>about it being Gnome related... > > > Okay. These two problems are completely unrelated, and would be > easier to treat if you'd posted them as different messages. > > For sound, please see the section in the FreeBSD handbook that talks > about the subject. > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/sound-setup.html yep. i unpacked my handbook, made a really strong espresso and i have ~s~o~u~n~d~. > For "browsing" your network, it depends what you're talking about. > Different protocols tend to use different applications, and you didn't > even mention whether you're using Microsoft protocols or standard ones. ok, my fileserver is a 5.1 machine [as is this one] running samba. i just want to be able to browse the folders in a similar fashion as windo$e. Gnome seems to have a function to add network servers, except that it dosent seem to work. in fact, it crashes. i'm thinking there must be something i have overlooked in my network setup. -- Regards, Anthony John Carmody Anthony Carmody Consulting Pty Ltd Adaptable Business Computing Solutions ====================================== Cellular/Mobile: +61 414417457 Fax: +617 38708040 Email: anthony@carmoda.com
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