Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 18:29:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: Justin Ashworth <justin@structured.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sound in FreeBSD? Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960728182851.381X-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <31FB4F36.41C67EA6@structured.net>
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On Sun, 28 Jul 1996, Justin Ashworth wrote: > OK, I've looked everywhere for information about setting up sound > under FreeBSD, but haven't found much at all. I have Soundblaster > support compiled into the kernel for my Soundblaster-compatible card > (Ensoniq Soundscape). > > I get the following lines when I boot: > ------------ > sb0 at 0x220 irq 9 on isa > sb0: <SoundBlaster 2.0> > sbxvi0 not found > sbmidi0 not found at 0x330 > ------------ OK, it's not SB16 compatible or has a MIDI port. But you've got it. > Also, I executed "sh MAKEDEV snd0" from the /dev directory to create the > device nodes, but I still don't see /dev/snd0 as a device. Is snd0 > supposed to be an actual device, or is it merely a parameter to tell > MAKEDEV which devices to create? You're right. snd0 is the controller; it keys MAKEDEV to build the appropriate /dev/audio and /dev/dsp devices. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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