Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 07:53:47 +0000 From: James Greenhalgh <james-list@ntlworld.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sound card configuration fails in 4.0 RELEASE Message-ID: <20010227075347.757e2de2.james-list@ntlworld.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0102261156240.21158-100000@demeter> References: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0102261156240.21158-100000@demeter>
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On Mon, 26 Feb 2001 11:59:26 -0500 (EST) Wyatt Banks <banksw@sunyit.edu> wrote: > I installed an AWE64 PnP ISA card in my computer. My computer is running > Windows 95 and FreeBSD 4.0 Release. I read the handbook which said to > add: > device pcm > devce sbc > > to my kernel. I did, and recompiled my kernel, rebooted my machine, etc > (yeah, I know I sound stupid putting all this redundant garbage in, but > every time I write this list people ask those stupid questions). > > Anyway, the handbook says the next step is to: > cat /dev/sndstat > amd it should tell me it works fine. It tells me: > device not configured. Firstly - you didn't spell it 'devce' in the config file too did you? ;-) Secondly, try using dmesg, to see if your sound card was spotted at boot. I've got the same card and the same kernel options, and I get: sbc0: <Creative SB AWE64> at port 0x220-0x22f,0x330-0x331,0x388-0x38b irq 5 drq 1,5 on isa0 pcm0: <SB DSP 4.16> on sbc0 Assuming you see the above in the output, then you want to cd to /dev and: ./MAKEDEV snd0 (snd should do, snd0 will definitely work) And things should work, almost. There seems to be a nasty bug in the new sound drivers with Awe64 (and possibly other) cards - that means you can't control the igain and ogain of your card with the mixer, and nobody seems to be able to help. It means running your speakers/amp quite high, and jacking up the pcm and master volume controls to get things at a decent volume :-( james To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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