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Date:      Mon, 07 Aug 2000 18:46:10 -0700
From:      Caleb Walker <caleb.walker@home.com>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SB16 and no sound (sorry 'bout 'nother snd question)
Message-ID:  <398F6662.BCD7D596@home.com>
References:  <FA5B90CC2560D4118D1300D0B78870BE75ED@mail>

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> To: 'Bob Collins'
> Cc: 'Questions'
> Sent: 8/5/00 3:06 PM
> Subject: Re: SB16 and no sound (sorry 'bout 'nother snd question)
>
> On Sat, Aug 05, 2000 at 06:10:31PM -0400, Bob Collins wrote:
> > I'll start with an apolgy for asking about sound and the SB 16 card
> > (ISA). I have searched the archives and found nothing that has helped
> me
> > get sound from this PIA card. BTW, it is a true ISA SB 16 card.
> >
> > I am running 4.0 release with a custom kernel. In the kernel I have:
> > [snip]
> > # Trying pcm driver for sound
> > device sbc0 at isa? port 0x220 irq 5 drq 1 flags 0x15
> > device pcm0 at isa? port? irq 5 drq 1 flags 0x15
> > [snip]
> >
> > First question is; do I need both in the kernel?
> >
>
> No. Try it with ``device pcm'' only first.

What if one does this in the first place and still it gives me a <unknown
card> should I do what was done in the beggining of this message?
device pcm0 at isa? port? irq 5 drq 1 flags 0x15 ??

>
>
> > dmesg reports:
> > [snip]
> > sbc0: <Soundblaster 16> at port 0x220-0x22f irq 5 drq 1 flags 0x15 on
> > isa0
> > sbc0: setting card to irq 5, drq 1, 5
> > pcm1: <SB DSP 4.11> on sbc0
> > [snip]
> >
>
> If, with ``device pcm'' only it is found as pcm0 then you must do:
>
>     # cd /dev
>     # ./MAKEDEV snd0
>
> If it is found as pcm1 then use snd1 instead.
>
> > These tell me the card is found and available, however I cannot get
> any
> > sound from the cdrom (which is configured in the kscd properly). I
> have
> > also tried the media player under kde and it too does not produce
> sound.
> >
>
> What is the output of ``cat /dev/sndstat''?
>
> > I have tested the card using the SB DOS diagnostics after booting from
> a
> > DOS floppy, and the card works perfectly.
> >
> > So, my second question is; what am I missing?
> >
> > Thanks.
> > --
> > Bob Collins Driving my '95 E36/5 Active >> Sport
> > on the www.InternetCoast.com
> >
> >
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