Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 09:46:04 +0000 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> To: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> Cc: Brian Waters <brianmwaters@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Quick question about sound drivers (esp. snd_hda) Message-ID: <AANLkTimZuixk7ufa4UYGdNN59ePMQAWKqmNwrpFP8uL5@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20110312083442.0000143c@unknown> References: <AANLkTikZm1FCUmCdu2iNL6ZWcUOn5aOQErPsTUodFhmb@mail.gmail.com> <20110312083442.0000143c@unknown>
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On 12 March 2011 08:34, Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> wrote: > On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 15:29:44 -0500 > Brian Waters <brianmwaters@gmail.com> wrote: > >> It seems to me that under /dev, you can have the following >> sound-related device files: >> >> dspX >> dspX.Y >> (among others) >> >> I'm having some trouble getting my sound to work (Dell Inspiron >> E1705/Inspiron 9400 with Sigmatel STAC9220 codec). I've read the >> manpages for snd and snd_hda (which is the appropriate driver), and >> increased the verbosity of the drivers and read the kernel log and >> /dev/sndstat, but I still can't quite wrap my head around everything. > > If the driver appears to load, then /dev/dsp should be created > automatically when something tries to access it (e.g. cat /dev/random >> /dev/dsp). > An important point that I had trouble with recently; the dsp* files don't appear until they are read/written to! Chris
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