Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1998 09:22:57 -0500 From: "George Vagner" <vagner@kf7nn.com> To: <listaccount@home.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ESD/Sound install/ESound help needed! Message-ID: <01bdda6b$02bdf040$0400a8c0@ginger.kf7nn.com>
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i am putting together some info on this awe installation for people that want to know how i was able to get it to work. ( with the help of this list of course ) http://kf7nn.com/~freebsd/awe32_config -----Original Message----- From: listaccount@home.com <listaccount@home.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Date: Monday, September 07, 1998 12:00 AM Subject: ESD/Sound install/ESound help needed! >Hi everyone.. > >As of very recently, I did a complete upgrade/reinstall to >FreeBSD-3.0-Current (SNAP 080598 I believe--very current at any rate) > >The install went without a hitch, and, while installing other programs >and packages, I used the GENERIC kernel. > >In an effort to get a working sound device, I built a new kernel based >on the GENERIC config file, with the lines added verbatim from the LINT >config file, /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/LINT. > >I added the snd0 controller, and the devices sb0, awe0, sbxvi0 and >sbmidi0, copying the lines, in order, letter for letter from the LINT >config file. Note I did NOT change the port addresses, IRQ or DMA >settings from their defaults in the config file at first. More on this >later. > >I then rebuilt my kernel, rebooted, and, sure enough, my new devices >appeared in the kernel config just as I wanted. I have an ISA PnP Awe32 >sound card. It was necessary in the kernel config to adjust the port >and IRQ settings to avoid conflicts. However, when the kernel loaded >(several boots) I got the "error message" sb_reset_dsp failed. It also >reported, for EACH of the devices, sb0, awe0, sbxvi0 and sbmidi0 that it >could not find the device at whatever address I had configured them as >(0x240 in the case of sb0). I then tried (in the kernel config) >removing all sound devices BUT the sb0 (thinking that they might be >conflicting or interfering with each other somehow), to no avail. I >then tried using different port addresses in the kernel config, and even >one rebuild of the kernel with another port config. > >I also (unsucessfully) tried to build a kernel with the PnP controller >enabled and the alternate (Luigi?) sound driver... I don't think I was >on the right track with that though :) > >I am doing this so that I can use the Esound library within X, (with the >Enlightenment 0.14 window manager). Esound is built into Enlightenment, >but requires the Esound daemon, "esd" to be running. Esd requires the >device /dev/dsp be configured, which it ISN'T. Both ESound and >Enlightenment came straight from the FreeBSD packages installer. > >So, am I even on the right track attempting to configure snd0? Or is >there another explanation? I know this has been a rather long question, >but I would REALLY appreciate any help. :) > >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-questions" in the body of the message
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