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Date:      Sun, 12 Dec 2004 17:39:02 -0800
From:      "Michael C. Shultz" <reso3w83@verizon.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: sound works with kldload, but not /boot/loader.conf?
Message-ID:  <200412121739.02589.reso3w83@verizon.net>
In-Reply-To: <41BCF040.4090202@vesterman.com>
References:  <41BCF040.4090202@vesterman.com>

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On Sunday 12 December 2004 05:28 pm, Robert William Vesterman wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just tried playing a WAV file using xmms (this is the first time
> I've tried anything with sound on my installation).  It issued a very
> generic error message, telling me things like "make sure your device
> is installed".  I did some research (mostly in the FreeBSD handbook),
> and eventually got my sound working by doing a "kldload snd_driver".
>
> I then changed /boot/loader.conf to contain the line:
>
> snd_driver_load="YES"
>
> So that I wouldn't have to "kldload snd_driver" every time.  After
> rebooting, xmms acted like it was playing the song - no error
> message, equalizer lights happily jumping around, et cetera - but no
> sound came out.
>
> If I try "kldload snd_driver" at this point, it says that snd_driver
> is already loaded.  If I comment out the line from /boot/loader.conf,
> reboot and do a "kldload snd_driver", the sound works fine (as it did
> before).
>
> So, am I doing something wrong? Is there a way to get the
> /boot/loader.conf line to work? Is there anything else I could
> investigate?
>
> If it's just screwed up and that's all there is to it, could I just
> manually put "kldload snd_driver" into some automatic startup script?
> If so, what is the appropriate script?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bob Vesterman.
>
I use /usr/local/etc/rc.d/START.sh taht conatins the following:

echo    kldload snd_driver
        kldload snd_driver

-Mike



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