Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 21:21:50 -0400 From: Jud <judmarc@fastmail.fm> To: Ken Thompson <spooky@cableone.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Configuring a SoundBlaster card under 5.0 Message-ID: <oprqdh2ocg0cf2rk@fastmail.fm> In-Reply-To: <200306061835.23412.spooky@cableone.net> References: <200306061835.23412.spooky@cableone.net>
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On Fri, 6 Jun 2003 18:35:23 -0600, Ken Thompson <spooky@cableone.net> = wrote: > Hello all, > I'm totally new to FreeBSD and find myself lost when it comes to comma= nds = > and config files. I do have "The Complete FreeBSD" 3rd edition and it = has = > been a big help. My main problem right now is that I can't seem to get= my = > SB Vibra16 Sound card to work at all. Can some kind soul take me by th= e = > hand and lead me to a good HOWTO or other resource that will help me = > understand configuring FreeBSD? I'm pretty good in Linux but this is j= ust = > different enough to throw me for a loop. > Basic hardware is: > AMD K6 233 > 256 MB PCI133 RAM > Riva 128 (sgs Thomason) vid > RealTec based NIC > Creative SoundBlaster Vibra16 Assuming it is your only sound card (no other audio cards and no onboard= = sound): 1. Add the proper "device" line to your kernel - I imagine it will be device pcm or device sbc (To find out which, use Google Groups and include search terms "freebsd,= " = "pcm," "sbc," and "vibra16.") 2. Recompile kernel. (Your reference plus the Handbook [online] for = updates should be enough to tell you how to do this.) 3. Reboot. (There may be a reference to changing to the /dev directory = and = running MAKEDEV in the 3rd edition of "The Complete FreeBSD" or somethin= g = else you've read, but the function of creating proper devices is done = automagically by devfs in FreeBSD 5.0.) That should do it - let us know how you fare. Jud
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