Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 02:28:23 UT From: "leegold" <leegold@fastmail.fm> To: "Scott Corey" <scott@bsdprophet.org> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: can not get sound card to work Message-ID: <20021021022823.4E4C0EC87@server2.fastmail.fm>
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On Sun, 20 Oct 2002 21:00:36 -0500, "Scott Corey" <scott@bsdprophet.org> said: > You guys must be smoking crack. my AWE64 works GREAT! I don't know why the dang thing's busted. I'm buying the shrink-wrap driver. I think there are a couple of AWE64 variations maybe we got a limited run w/a wierd chip version. If not,I wish I knew what the heck I've been doing wrong. > leegold wrote: > >>Hey, I also had the same problem. The AWE 64 just doesn't even make noise!. > >>While its true that the manual has an example on set it up, it just > >>didn't work. I tried recompiling the kernel many times, even a couple of > >>"make world", both with FreeBSD 4.5 and 4.6.2 release. > >> > >>I gave up as I don't really need the sound to enjoy the system, but I > >>think that there is probably an issue with the AWE64 and FreeBSD. > >> > >>By the way, the card is on a ISA slot and works fine when running win2k. > >> > > > > > > Same experience, my AWE64 worked fine in WIN2k and Mandrake Linux. > > But I spent a solid week trying in FreeBsd - I tried everything - no > > sound. > > There's a commercial driver: http://www.opensound.com/ > > I'm thinking of spending the money - there's free phone support too. > > Really shook me up that FBsd can't PnP my sound less support it. > > Of course we may be doing something wrong, some detail we are over > > looking, > > but I recompiled my kernel 20 times and searched the web for help like a > > maniac, so > > it makes sense at this point to buy the drivers. Very frustrating. > > > > > > > > > >>Rafael > > > > -- > > http://fastmail.fm - Faster than the air-speed velocity of an > > unladen european swallow > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > > -- http://fastmail.fm - The way an email service should be To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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