Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 11:14:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: "R. Lahaye" <lahaye@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Can't get SoundBlaster to work with 4.3! Message-ID: <20010713111403.F25152-100000@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <3B4EA1EF.149A0BB4@users.sourceforge.net>
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Have a look to make sure it's using the correct CDROM devices. I use acd0c for my ATAPI CDROMs and cd0c for my SCSI CDROMs. You may have to MAKEDEV the appropriate entries. Joe Clarke On Fri, 13 Jul 2001, R. Lahaye wrote: > Thanks! That helped me one step forwards. > I can cat the .au files and hear the sound: > > However, my xcdplayer still complains about the > $ cat /usr/local/share/apps/kjezz/sounds/reflect.au > /dev/audio > > However, xcdplayer complains (even when ran as root): > > # xcdplayer > open: : Device not configured > open: : Device not configured > open: : Device not configured > open: : Device not configured > open: : Device not configured > [...snip...] > > Any idea what causes this error message? > (Please remember I'm new to FreeBSD) > > > Thanks, > Rob. > > > Joe Clarke wrote: > > > > Make sure you have permission to write to /dev/audio. For example: > > > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 6 May 6 05:24 audio -> audio0 > > crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 30, 4 May 6 05:24 audio0 > > > > (Yours may point to audio1). You might also try upping the sound volume > > with the mixer(8) command. > > > > Joe Clarke > > > > On Fri, 13 Jul 2001, R. Lahaye wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm running 4.3 and am a complete newbie to FreeBSD. > > > > > > I have tried the guidelines in the Free BSD handbook, that > > > comes with the installation. It talks vagely about the sound > > > setup for SoundBlaster 16. > > > > > > I added in MYKERNEL config: > > > > > > device pcm > > > device pcm0 at isa? irq 5 drq 1 flags 0x0 > > > > > > I had then recompiled the kernel and rebooted my machine > > > (did the whole thing: > > > # /usr/sbin/config MYKERNEL > > > # cd ../../compile/MYKERNEL > > > # make depend > > > # make > > > # make install > > > # shutdown -r now > > > > > > The end of 'dmesg' says: > > > > > > sbc0: <Creative ViBRA16X> at port 0x220-0x22f,0x330-0x331,0x388-0x38b irq 5 drq 1,3 on isa0 > > > pcm1: <SB16 DSP 4.16 (ViBRA16X)> on sbc0 > > > > > > > > > I then made the devices: > > > > > > # cat /dev/sndstat > > > FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm) Jul 13 2001 14:16:12 > > > Installed devices: > > > pcm1: <SB16 DSP 4.16 (ViBRA16X)> at io 0x220 irq 5 drq 1 (1p/1r channels) > > > # cd /dev > > > # ./MAKEDEV snd0 > > > # ./MAKEDEV snd1 > > > > > > -------------- > > > > > > How can I try sound now? I've done the following: > > > > > > $ cat /usr/local/share/apps/kjezz/sounds/reflect.au > /dev/audio > > > > > > <no sound at all> > > > > > > $ xcdplay > > > open: : Permission denied > > > open: : Permission denied > > > open: : Permission denied > > > open: : Permission denied > > > open: : Permission denied > > > open: : Permission denied > > > [...snip...] > > > > > > > > > Any idea what is wrong with this procedure for Sound Blaster 16? > > > > > > Thanks a lot! > > > > > > Rob. > > > > > > 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 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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