From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 28 13:17:22 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6623B37B401 for ; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 13:17:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from hotmail.com (f44.law14.hotmail.com [64.4.21.44]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CF2743FBD for ; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 13:17:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from desmondjames@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 13:17:19 -0800 Received: from 150.135.161.16 by lw14fd.law14.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 21:17:19 GMT X-Originating-IP: [150.135.161.16] From: "desmond james" To: dkelly@hiwaay.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Configuring sound Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 21:17:19 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 28 Feb 2003 21:17:19.0385 (UTC) FILETIME=[C6C2D890:01C2DF6E] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >This is a fairly recent FreeBSD? The instructions you quote sound >quite >old. I'm running 4.7 and I thought I had a recent version of the handbook. I'll try give it a try and let you know. >From: David Kelly >To: desmond james >CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: Re: Configuring sound >Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 14:09:06 -0600 > >On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 06:37:07PM +0000, desmond james wrote: > > I need help configuring my sound. I was using the freeBSD hand book > > accomplish this task. I have on board sound, and added the option: > > > > options PNPBIOS > > > > into the kernel, as the handbook said, and restarted my system. The >kernel > > loaded but I had no sound. When I start X, KDE gives me the following > > message: > >Back up. Don't fret about X until we get the basics taken care of. Not >until you have a pcm in dmesg, and mixer(8) behaves. This is a fairly >recent FreeBSD? The instructions you quote sound quite old. > >Also you don't say anything about your sound hardware. > >In dmesg you do no list a pcm device so there is no wonder you don't >have sound. As root type, "kldload snd.ko". Then check dmesg again to >see if something was found. Or simply type "mixer" to see if there is a >sound device you can set volume levels on. > >If kldload probes found something then based on its entry in dmesg you >might be able to guess exactly which /modules/snd_*.ko you need and load >only that one in the future. Most automatically load snd_pcm.ko too. > >-- >David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net >===================================================================== >The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its >capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message