Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 19:06:16 -0600 From: larrys <hugahog@earthlink.net> To: Bob Johnson <bob@eng.ufl.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd sound config Message-ID: <3AA82C88.FCB97BE@earthlink.net> References: <3AA7E24C.44983040@eng.ufl.edu>
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Bob Johnson wrote: > > > > > > > Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 00:45:31 -0800 > > From: "mark anthony paul hammond" <fivenineteen@netzero.net> > > Subject: freebsd sound config > > > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > > > - ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C0A769.13D98100 > > Content-Type: text/plain; > > charset="iso-8859-1" > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > > > i recently installed freebsd 4.2 and finally got the sound card to work, = > > but when i try to play mp3s, i get the message /dev/dsp not configured, = > > It isn't clear to me, but I got the feeling you are saying that you > can play sound, but not record. That happens if you have something > like the ESS Maestro 2e that isn't fully supported yet. You can > play sound with it, but not record. Try "cat /dev/sndstat" and see > what it tells you. It should tell you what kind of sound card you > have, and how many play and record channels are supported, e.g. > > pcm0: <AudioPCI ES1371> at io 0xd000 irq 5 (1p/1r channels duplex) > > except that if it says something like 4p/0r you are SOL, unless a > recent -STABLE update adds record capability to the driver. If > /dev/sndstat doesn't exist, then your problem is explained in my > next suggestion: > > > when i try to open a mixer program, i.e.., kmix, xmmix,etc., i get the = > > message /dev/mixer not configured, as root i have changed the = > > Hmmm. That doesn't sound right. Did you cd /dev and do > sh MAKEDEV snd0 > to build all the sound devices? If not, you need to do so. You may > need to use snd1, depending on how the pcm device got configured in > your system. The boot messages will tell you: if you have pcm0, then > MAKEDEV snd0, if you have pcm1, then use snd1. > > "man snd" or "man pcm" explains all of this, probably better than > I did. > > It may help to read > http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/sound.html if you haven't already. > > > permissions and that does not work, as root i try to do the above and = > > still get these messages. half the fun is trying to figure these = > > obstacles out, but i'm impatient. i use mobile racks on my system so i = > > can dedicate entire hard drives to linux, freebsd, and that god awful = > > windoze. naturally everything works ok in windoze, and it was pretty = > > easy to setup sound in linux, but bsd is a little more complicated.=20 > > to clarify, the sound card is working, when i line in sound it is = > > heard, but trying to use any of the many mp3 players etc, i get the = > > messages. please help! i'm hoping i will find the answer before you = > > reply but i remain hopeful. > > > > If those clues don't help, we are probably going to need information > like what lines you added to your kernel config file to enable sound, > how it is showing up in the boot messages (usually pcm0), etc. If > you didn't use the pcm device then what I've said probably doesn't > apply, at least not completely. > > - Bob > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ------------------------------------------------------------- Bob, You seem to be well versed with configuring sound.If I may I would like to ask what you would suggest concerning my system? First, I have consulted the manual (chapter 14) read lots of these messages and compiled my kernel with the pcm & sbc entries, ran sh Makedev snd0 and everthing seems to show up properly. cat /dev/sndstat: FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm) Mar 4 2001 14:57:33 Installed devices: pcm0: <SB DSP 4.16> at io 0x220 irq 5 drg 1:5 (lp/lr channels duplex) From dmesg: sbc0: <Creative SB AWE64 GOLD> at port 0x220-0x22f,0x330-0x331, 0x388-0x38b irq 5 drq 1,5 on isa0 pcm0: <SB DSP 4.16> on sbc0 I'm running 4.2 RELEASE Do you ( or anyone else) see anything that does not look correct? Possibly the AWE64 GOLD is just not supported? The reason I am asking is I can play only .wav files. Midi files will not play. In KDE the midi applet comes up and appears to play but there is no sound. Also in KDE, the midi/karaoke applet claims the midi file I want to play is not a midi file. All these applets work under linux-mandrake. TIA Larry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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