From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 19 16:13:34 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 C9BEB16A41F for ; Sat, 19 Nov 2005 16:13:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mark@mkproductions.org) Received: from ylpvm43.prodigy.net (ylpvm43-ext.prodigy.net [207.115.57.74]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47E0C43D45 for ; Sat, 19 Nov 2005 16:13:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mark@mkproductions.org) Received: from pimout1-ext.prodigy.net (pimout1-int.prodigy.net [207.115.5.65]) by ylpvm43.prodigy.net (8.12.10 outbound/8.12.10) with ESMTP id jAJGDa2C000607 for ; Sat, 19 Nov 2005 11:13:36 -0500 X-ORBL: [68.89.209.57] Received: from [192.168.1.25] (68-89-209-57.ded.swbell.net [68.89.209.57]) by pimout1-ext.prodigy.net (8.13.4 outbound domainkey aix/8.13.4) with ESMTP id jAJGDRUY077040; Sat, 19 Nov 2005 11:13:32 -0500 Message-ID: <437F4F27.50005@mkproductions.org> Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 10:13:27 -0600 From: Mark Kane User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051110) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Allen D. Tate" References: <20051119140451.14694.qmail@web80906.mail.scd.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20051119140451.14694.qmail@web80906.mail.scd.yahoo.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.93.0.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig2863D724D87B0FD1712C25C8" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sound Card Recommendations X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 16:13:34 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig2863D724D87B0FD1712C25C8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Allen D. Tate wrote: > Hello All, > > I have a PC with a built in SoundMax audio card that I have disabled in > the BIOS because everything I have read to date is that they just don't > work with FreeBSD. For those of you who have working sound cards, would > you mind sharing the brand name and letting me know how difficult it > was to get the drivers installed & configured? BTW, I'm running FreeBSD > 6.0. > > Thanks in advance, > Allen D. Tate Hi Allen. I have had generally pretty good luck with the Sound Blaster cards from Creative. I'm not a huge fan of their hardware or their company, but so far it has worked great with FreeBSD. I currently have 4 systems with sound: - Sound Blaster Augidy 2 Platinum (FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE amd64) - VIA VT8235 Onboard Sound (FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE i386) - Sound Blaster Live (FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE i386) - Integrated VIA sound on laptop (FreeBSD 6.0-RC1 i386) A list of supported cards can be found here: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.0R/hardware-i386.html#SOUND As well as how to get them working: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/sound-setup.html The sound setup is real easy. I usually load the "snd_driver" kernel module to find out what driver is necessary, and then if it's a fairly fast system I'll compile that into the kernel as described in the handbook. If it's a slower machine that I won't be recompiling the kernel anyway, then I'll just leave the module loaded and use that. -Mark -- GnuPG Public Key: http://www.mkproductions.org/mk_pubkey.asc Internet Radio: Party107 (Trance/Electronic) - http://www.party107.com Rock 101.9 The Edge (Rock) - http://www.rock1019.net IRC: MIXXnet IRC Network - irc.mixxnet.net (Nick: MIXX941) --------------enig2863D724D87B0FD1712C25C8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDf08nlH2ybcmj7I8RAnpPAKCx4Jqa3d8XLTOVeW43jvOvcSTt9gCgrsiG j5dgRx+XiQA7dsa44gGiMUg= =IieM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig2863D724D87B0FD1712C25C8--