Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 13:00:17 -0400 From: "Potts, Ross" <rpotts@harris.com> To: 'Alfred Perlstein' <bright@wintelcom.net>, Jud <Jud@operamail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Newbie - Install New (Linux?) Audio Drivers? Message-ID: <95B669A7D872D41182A600508BDFFB8C12D5ED@mlbmx7.ess.harris.com>
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Sometimes you can't get rid of the "motorboat sound". I think it has to do with electrical fields being close to the card. I get the same sound out of my onboard sound(ESS 1888) -----Original Message----- From: Alfred Perlstein [SMTP:bright@wintelcom.net] Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 12:44 PM To: Jud Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie - Install New (Linux?) Audio Drivers? * Jud <Jud@operamail.com> [001027 09:10] wrote: > Have had FreeBSD 4.1 installed for a bit over a month now; my first Unix. > Have installed some packages - XFree86 4.0.1 a couple of nights ago was my > first successful upgrade of installed software. Have compiled & installed > custom kernel a number of times. So that's the general state of my "skill > level." > > I have a SB PCI 16 sound card (sold OEM in some Gateway boxes as SB PCI 64D, > a/k/a Ensoniq Audio PCI or something like that). Get constant bkgd > static-type noise, which can be minimized by fiddling with speaker wires but > never goes away. Also, moving my cursor makes a sound like a small motorboat. > > Would a different audio driver help? I've been looking at ALSA and OSS stuff > for Linux. Will Linux drivers work with FreeBSD? Where should a new audio > driver be installed? Linux drivers will not work on FreeBSD, OSS might work, but it's probably a better idea to let us know exactly how you have enabled sound and what apps you are using for sound. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." 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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