Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 12:22:55 -0600 From: "Josh Paetzel" <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> To: "Nik Clayton" <nik@FreeBSD.ORG>, <freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: docs/23910: Handbook Chapter 14. Sound -- some fixes Message-ID: <003c01c09457$baee0300$6100000a@vladsempire.net> References: <200102111710.f1BHA4s16960@freefall.freebsd.org>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Nik Clayton" <nik@FreeBSD.ORG> To: <freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2001 11:10 AM Subject: Re: docs/23910: Handbook Chapter 14. Sound -- some fixes > The following reply was made to PR docs/23910; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> > To: Gerald Pfeifer <pfeifer@dbai.tuwien.ac.at>, cg@freebsd.org > Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, > Moses Moore <jm-moses@home.com>, admin@dbai.tuwien.ac.at > Subject: Re: docs/23910: Handbook Chapter 14. Sound -- some fixes > Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 00:10:18 +0000 > > Cameron, > > I'm bringing you in on this, as FreeBSD's "Mr Audio". > > On Thu, Dec 28, 2000 at 08:44:25PM +0100, Gerald Pfeifer wrote: > > >Number: 23910 > > >Category: docs > > >Synopsis: Handbook Chapter 14. Sound -- some fixes > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/sound.html really proved useful > > when I, today, for the first time I configured a soundcard with > > FreeBSD. However, I stumbled over two (minor) issues: > > > > 1. For on-board sound "cards", one also wants to add > > options PNPBIOS > > to the kernel config. > > Is that right? If so, on which versions of FreeBSD? My -current laptop > doesn't need it, and the built in audio on there works OK. > > > 2. `cat /dev/sndstat` did not work until I executed > > cd /dev ; sh MAKEDEV snd0 > > > > Before MAKEDEV I got "No such file or directory"; afterwards > > FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm) Dec 28 2000 19:02:45 > > Installed devices: > > pcm0: <AudioPCI ES1371> at io 0xc400 irq 11 (1p/1r channels duplex) > > That is, it was exactly the other around than stated in section > > 14.4 of the manual. > > This does seem to be a problem. Perhaps we could pull out sndstat from > all the other snd* devices in MAKEDEV, and then say something like > > You must determine which set of sound devices to make, depending on > your audio hardware. Fortunately, the audio driver can tell you > what is required. > > Run the following, to create a /dev/sndstat device, and query it. > > # cd /dev > # sh MAKEDEV sndstat > # cat sndstat > > [...] > > and then continue with the rest of the text as normal? > > N That seems like it would be fairly clear. I just stumbled over the same issue in the handbook a week ago. When I went through the procedure the second time everything worked of course, so I just figured that I had made an error the first time through. Josh To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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