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Date:      Fri, 21 Jul 2006 19:09:42 -0400
From:      Rich Demanowski <richd@RichDPhoto.com>
To:        Derrick Ryalls <ryallsd@gmail.com>
Cc:        freeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Enabling sound?
Message-ID:  <44C15EB6.4060801@RichDPhoto.com>
In-Reply-To: <d5eb95fc0607211541m6f8beac4o96fb6fc593d305f0@mail.gmail.com>
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Derrick Ryalls wrote:
> On 7/21/06, Rich Demanowski <richd@richdphoto.com> wrote:
>> Derrick Ryalls wrote:
>> > On 7/21/06, Rich Demanowski <richd@richdphoto.com> wrote:
>> >> I just dropped a SoundBlaster Live! card into my box, and have 
>> followed
>> >> the directions in the handbook and the man pages.
>> >>
>> >> The following lines are in the compiled kernel:
>> >>     device sound
>> >>     device snd_emu10k1
>> >>
>> >> I don't get the pcm0 lines that section 7.2.2 in the manual talks
>> >> about.  cat /dev/sndstat returns:
>> >>     FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm)
>> >>     Installed devices:
>> >> and nothing else.
>> >>
>> >> kldload snd_emu10k1 yields no output whatsoever.  When followed by 
>> cat
>> >> /dev/sndstat it produces the same outputs as above.
>> >>
>> >> kld_load snd_driver yields:
>> >>     ppc0: parallel port not found.
>> >>     sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0x20
>> >>     sio1: port may not be enabled
>> >>     ppc0: parallel port not found.
>> >>     sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
>> >>     sio1: port may not be enabled
>> >>     ppc0: parallel port not found.
>> >>     sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
>> >>     sio1: port may not be enabled
>> >>     ppc0: parallel port not found.
>> >>     sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
>> >>     sio1: port may not be enabled
>> >>     ppc0: parallel port not found.
>> >>     sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
>> >>     sio1: port may not be enabled
>> >>     ppc0: parallel port not found.
>> >>     sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
>> >>     sio1: port may not be enabled
>> >>     ppc0: parallel port not found.
>> >>     sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
>> >>     sio1: port may not be enabled
>> >>
>> >> I recompiled with the sound and emu10k1 drivers commented out, and 
>> the
>> >> kldload and cat /dev/sndstat commands still yield the same.
>> >>
>> >> I need to get sound enabled on this box, so I can do some online
>> >> training provided through streaming video.  Please, please, please 
>> tell
>> >> me I don't have to break down and install wankers on this thing ...
>> >>
>> >
>> > I would try this:
>> >
>> > kldload snd_driver
>> >
>> > then cat /dev/sndstat to see if perhaps a different driver is needed.
>> I tried that.  That's what got me all the ppc0 and sio1 errors.
>>
>>
>
> Sorry, missed that.  Record heat around here.  My only other
> suggestion would involve a different sound card or possibly try a live
> O/S disk to see if the hardware is good.
Where/how do I obtain one of those?  All I have are the install discs 1 
and 2 that I downloaded the iso images for, and all I can get from those 
is an "emergency holographic shell" that can't even find the ls command, 
let alone kldload ...



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