Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 18:05:11 -0800 From: Joe Kelsey <joe@zircon.seattle.wa.us> To: Evan S <kaworu@sektor7.ath.cx> Cc: Ty <infidel2112@home.com>, questions@freebsd.org, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sblive installed, but no sound in 4.2 Message-ID: <14933.11223.272173.869233@zircon.seattle.wa.us> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10101040652040.4026-100000@wintermute.sekt7> References: <3A546233.DB234C09@home.com> <Pine.GSO.4.10.10101040652040.4026-100000@wintermute.sekt7>
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Evan S writes: > I think I had the same problem with my SB Live. I run a Dual Celeron. When > I would use xmms to play mp3s, nothing would come out of the speakers, > even though when I used cat /dev/sndstat it showed a correctly detected > and configured SB Live, on irq 18, which used to work fine in Linux. > > Finally, out of curiosity, I opened up the case and moved my SB Live to > PCI slot 2. Then it was on irq 16, and it worked. There are many issues with sound playing in fbsd, a lot of them depend heavily on what software you run. I run Gnome and I often get notices from software about not being able to open /dev/dsp. This is usually related to not having ESS configured correctly. I have also noticed that if I leave pysol running (even with the sound server disabled) it sucks up all the sound from any app started *after* pysol. Another thing to check is to hit the PAUSE key when your system boots and displays the PCI configuration. Study it carefully and look for things with the same interrupt. Theoretically, all PCI devices are supposed to be able to share interrupts, but in practice sblive can't handle it. Move the cards around and try again. I spent many hours pulling out what little hair I have left searching for these answers. If you are running Gnome, you have to enable sounds to get the esd started. Then you have to restart Gnome to get everything working. If you are running KDE, I have no thoughts to help you. /Joe > Evan Sarmiento (kaworu@sektor7.ath.cx) > http://sekt7.org/es > > On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, Ty wrote: > > > thanks for the reply, I gave that a try but alas no luck. > > > > I'm now dual booting into mandrake, mandrake has no problem at all > > dealing with the sblive, it sounds great weird. > > > > thanks again! > > > > > > Andreas Ntaflos wrote: > > > > > > hi > > > everything you did seems right, i have an sb live working under fbsd 4.2. > > > maybe it helps if you do a MAKEDEV all in /dev after rebuilding the kernel > > > (as this should always be done after building a new kernel), before you do > > > a MAKEDEV snd0. > > > > > > that's the only step i could imagine you forgot, as everything else is what > > > i did too, and my sound works very well under 4.2 > > > > > > regards > > > Andreas Ntaflos > > > > > > At 12:06 01.01.2001 -0800, you wrote: > > > >Hello, > > > > > > > >I believe I have my sound blaster live correctly installed under feebsd > > > >4.2 yet I can't hear any audio. I do have the mixer settings up. > > > >i recompiled the kernel with > > > >device pcm > > > >(and i have device pci in already) > > > > > > > >then rebooted and did a > > > >cd /dev > > > >./MAKDEV snd0 > > > > > > > >cat /dev/sndstat > > > > > > > >shows: > > > > > > > >FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm) Dec 31 2000 12:36:40 > > > >Installed devices: > > > >pcm0: <Creative EMU10K1> at io 0xd000 irq 10 (4p/3r channels duplex) > > > > > > > >Mixer shows > > > > > > > >Mixer vol is currently set to 62:62 > > > >Mixer pcm is currently set to 100:100 > > > >Mixer speaker is currently set to 100:100 > > > >Mixer line is currently set to 75:75 > > > >Mixer mic is currently set to 80:80 > > > >Mixer cd is currently set to 69:69 > > > >Mixer rec is currently set to 0:0 > > > >Mixer line1 is currently set to 75:75 > > > >Mixer phin is currently set to 69:69 > > > >Mixer phout is currently set to 97:97 > > > >Mixer video is currently set to 100:100bash-2.04# cat /dev/sndstat > > > > > > > >help, is there something i'm missing here? I've put the volume to 100% on > > > >everything including speakers and I don't hear a peep, no matter what type > > > >of audio I attempt to play. > > > > > > > >thank you! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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