From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 30 16:37:44 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 0991F16A41F for ; Fri, 30 Dec 2005 16:37:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: from smtp3.suscom.net (smtp3.suscom.net [64.78.119.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FC7D43D45 for ; Fri, 30 Dec 2005 16:37:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by smtp3.suscom.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6723221016A for ; Fri, 30 Dec 2005 11:37:41 -0500 (EST) Received: from smtp3.suscom.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp3.suscom.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 00579-02-45 for ; Fri, 30 Dec 2005 11:37:32 -0500 (EST) Received: from seibercom.net (ip148.217.susc.suscom.net [216.45.217.148]) by smtp3.suscom.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 96BE6210135 for ; Fri, 30 Dec 2005 11:37:32 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.0.2] (//gerard [192.168.0.2]) by seibercom.net (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id jBUGbWZt012791 for ; Fri, 30 Dec 2005 11:37:33 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 11:37:35 -0500 From: Gerard Seibert To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: gerard@seibercom.net Organization: Seibercom.net In-Reply-To: <40D83E7E-BCDF-43F4-B852-AF66C3B0DD1E@redry.net> References: <40D83E7E-BCDF-43F4-B852-AF66C3B0DD1E@redry.net> X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR nSNPNr*/^~StawWU9KDJ-CT0k$f#@t2^K&BS_f|?ZV/.7Q Message-Id: <20051230113442.964C.GERARD@seibercom.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.24.01 [en] X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at suscom.net Subject: Re: getting sound X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 16:37:44 -0000 On Friday, December 30, 2005 11:12:07 AM eoghan Subject: getting sound Wrote these words of wisdom: > Hello > I have followed the manual page here for sound setup: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/sound- > setup.html > Im using freebsd 6.0 with generic kernel. Im not sure what sound > card came with my dell (its 3 years old). > So i did: > #kldload snd_emu10k1 > #kldload snd_driver > then: > #cat /dev/sndstat > FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm) > Installed devices: > pcm0: at io 0xec40 irq 11 kld snd_es137x(1p/1r/0v > channels duplex default) > This is my first time trying to get the sound working. I try play an > mp3 ans dont hear anything. Perhaps using the snd_driver wont work in > my case... > Is there a way to get freeBSD to show my sound device so I can load > the correct module? Or is there something else im doing wrong? > Thanks > Eoghan ***** REPLY SEPARATOR ***** On 10/11/2005 5:29:42 PM, Gerard Replied: If the PC is only three years old, and assuming that no one has worked on it, just go to the Dell web site. Under 'support' you can navigate to where you can place your PC's serial # and it will display how the machine was built. That takes all the guess work out of finding out what is installed. -- Gerard Seibert gerard@seibercom.net