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Date:      Tue, 02 May 2000 17:21:39 -0400
From:      William Freeman <wdf@picusnet.com>
To:        tom@computersurplusoutlet.com
Cc:        FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: sound
Message-ID:  <390F46E3.8228EE1C@picusnet.com>
References:  <MBEFKHHNJEDAEHMEPNGNMEIECAAA.tom@computersurplusoutlet.com>

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Tom wrote:
> 
> i just installed freebsd and am trying to get my sound card working. i have
> a soundblaster pci 128, so i looked through the freebsd.org website and
> other places on the internet and they said something about the mixer and
> i've seen things about kernel configuration. the problem is /dev/mixer
> doesn't exist on my system and i don't understand much of this since i'm
> very new to unix. so i guess my question is, is there any in-depth
> documentation on how to setup a sound card?
> 
> -tom
> 
> please reply to totality@lvcm.com
> 
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Build a new kernel with the line :
device pcm0 
someplace in it.
and then install it, and then when you reboot go to /dev/ and do a
./MAKEDEV snd0 


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