Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 14:21:07 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> To: Mark.Hummel@hurlburt.af.mil Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Crystal Audio Card and pcm Driver Message-ID: <39455443.95FFC8AB@3-cities.com> References: <856532CB07BED3118FE300204840E28A0110755A@vexwncc02.hurlburt.af.mil>
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Mark.Hummel@hurlburt.af.mil wrote: > > Kent, > > Thanks for the info. I'll take a look at /sys/i386/conf/LINT. I'm using > BSD 4.0 and BTW, I couldn't find any references to Crystal audio sound cards > in the BSD Dairy. Could you give me a specific URL? I wasn't thinking about Crystal Audio nearly as much as the overall technique to add sound to FreeBSD. That works from SoundBlaster, Crystal Audio, or Ensoniq. The big difference is at 4.0 you only have to "./MAKEDEV snd0". When it is right, you can type "mixer" and have it list levels. You have probably found that a "man csa" is not terribly enlightening :). I don't remember reading any messages on CSA cards and that doesn't give you a list search. My luck with using the LINT as a source has worked on the old SBC. The rest just came up with the default pcm driver. I would assume that you start by adding the "pcm" driver. You may also have to add the csa driver. It depends on the age of your audio card and etc. Just remember that you have to do the MAKEDEV in /dev after you do the make kernel sequence of config, make depend, make, make install, and have rebooted to be using your new kernel. I forgot to add this comment one time and had someone do the install and then try to do the MAKEDEV. Of course, they were still using the old kernel at that point and it didn't work. You probably want to stay away from the VOXWARE drivers. When you find what works, let us know so that it can be a search topic. Kent > > Mark > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kent Stewart [SMTP:kstewart@3-cities.com] > > Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 15:44 > > To: Mark.Hummel@hurlburt.af.mil > > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > Subject: Re: Crystal Audio Card and pcm Driver > > > > > > > > Mark.Hummel@hurlburt.af.mil wrote: > > > > > > I've been told to load an audio driver for my sound card (Crystal Audio > > wave > > > table 128). I found and read the man page about pcm, but how do I load > > it > > > so it runs at every boot up? > > > > Look at /sys/i386/conf/LINT. You basically have to add the pcm device > > to your kernel, install and reboot, and do a MAKEDEV to connect the > > software. What you do specifically depends on whether you are running > > 3.x or 4.0. There is a help write up on the FreeBSD diary but is it > > for 3.4 and that is only close for 4.0. > > > > Kent > > > -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kstewart@3-cities.com http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ SETI(Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) @ HOME http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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