Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 10:05:05 -0600 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: My lack of a "sound' understanding Message-ID: <3FA136B1.9010203@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <>> References: <200310300447.38093.J <>>
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J wrote: >Okay, I am a complete noob, so have patience. I don't know all the proper >nomenclature as of yet. > >I installed, then reinstalled and re-reinstalled 5.1 on a dell gx1 with >the crystal sound chip with little >difficulty up until I went to do the file sharing experience with Samba >and the sound thing. For now I just want to get this sound problem >understood. Now according to the manual in order to load the sound device >I can either kldload or configure a kernal. I understand this. What I >don't understand are two things at least, when I kldload, exactly where do >I need to be to do this? In what directory? I mean, when I bring up a >terminal and punch in kldload snd,or snd0 it says "can't load snd, no such >file or directory". I did install the src/sys files. I understand that 5.x >is somewhat different than the other distros which I interpret to mean >that this should be somewhat friendlier. > >The other thing I seem to get conflicting messages about is if I can >actually just add the "device pcm" bsd/docs 16.2 to the existing kernal or >do I have to totally rebuild it? Or is this one in the same? > >I don't mind reading the manual, it just seems as if I am overlooking >something essential. So maybe if you can help me find the basics I am >missing? > >Thanks > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > Just out of curiousity, why no 'reply-to'? Bit of a 'noob' myself on this one. I chose the new kernel option. You must rebuild the kernel if you intend to go the "device pcm" route. I read the docs and then did the following on my 5.1R box 6 weeks ago. quid pro quo: I've an onboard "AC97" chip, and I've run 'make buildworld' previously from a full /usr/src, so the entire world is compiled in /usr/obj. 1. Added "device pcm" to /sys/i386/conf/GENERIC. 2. Ran "make buildkernel". 3. Ran "make installkernel". 4. Rebooted. As for kldload, I've not done that. Have a look at kldload(8) and related manpages. Also, FWIW, the sound device in 5.1 is /dev/dsp, not /dev/snd. Most of the possibilities for kldload(8) are in /boot/defaults/loader.conf --- look at the section headed by "Sound Modules"... there's a "snd_driver_load" that loads all sound mods, might be the quickest way... HTH, Kevin Kinsey DaleCo, S.P.
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