Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 22:19:26 -0800 From: "David Schultz" <vvortex1@home.com> To: "sergio brito" <sergio_brito@hotmail.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: sound card not working Message-ID: <006301c06b15$f81e6280$0100a8c0@mshome.net> References: <F69XY7vcYLByFNqVNnB00003410@hotmail.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> i've tried to configure my soundcard in many different ways and i still keep > having problems. > i've removed all devices but the video card and soundcard. and it still > doesn't work. > i suppose a clue to this problem is the fact that dmesg reports the > following: 'vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem > 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0', but 'isa0' seems to be be configured for the > soundcard below: > sbc0: <Creative SB AWE64> at port 0x220-0x22f,0x330-0x331,0x388-0x38b irq 5 > drq 1,5 on isa0 > pcm0: <SB DSP 4.16> on sbc0 The messages you're seeing are normal. The fact that it's telling you that these devices are "on isa0" just means that it found them while probing the ISA bus, on which you can have several devices. (The video card is technically PCI, but I'm sure there's some obscure technical-historical reason for the message.) > i'm kinda tired of messing around with this configuration. if you think that > is easier to just get a new soundcard, i would probably do that instead. if > so, what is the best videocard to buy with the least possible configuration > issues? is pci better that isa? PCI sound cards tend to be more common these days, and cheaper. In the past, when ISA was the de facto standard for sound cards, support for the PCI cards was scant, but you shouldn't have a problem with either nowadays. In my experience, PCI cards tend to be easier to configure, while ISA cards tend to have fewer problems once they're actually working. (If your PCI sound card shares an IRQ with your video card, for example, you may run into obscure issues.) Odds are good that your current card will work just fine once it's configured properly, though. Sound support in FreeBSD isn't all that great--- this much I determined after spending two hours hacking the kernel source trying to figure out why I get some static when I play music. However, the AWE64 is supported. You should have "dev pcm" in your kernel config, and when you reboot, cd /dev and "sh MAKEDEV snd0". Many people are confused by the directions and MAKEDEV both snd0 and snd1. This is incorrect and may prevent your card from working. If you still have trouble, do you get an error message, or simply silence? What are you using to test the sound output? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?006301c06b15$f81e6280$0100a8c0>