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Date:      Tue, 27 Jun 2000 13:12:32 -0500
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com>
To:        John Klos <john@klos.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Sound configuration?
Message-ID:  <20000627131232.A12707@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.4.21.0006271352550.27397-100000@reva.sixgirls.org>; from "John Klos" on Tue Jun 27 14:00:01 GMT 2000
References:  <Pine.NEB.4.21.0006271352550.27397-100000@reva.sixgirls.org>

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In the last episode (Jun 27), John Klos said:
> OK. There's no sound documentation. Please don't RTFM me, or tell me
> to see man pcm(4), or so on, as it has no relevant information.
> 
> Anyway, I have several computers with FreeBSD 4, and I've already
> recompiled the kernels with pcm support. From dmesg:
> 
> pcm1: <CS423x-PCI> at port 0x534-0x537,0x388-0x38b,0x220-0x22f irq 5
> drq 1,0 on isa0
> 
> So now what? I haven't a clue what devices in /dev need to point to
> what, and documentation is not forthcoming. Try searching for it
> yourself before accusing me of not trying.

cd /dev ; ./MAKEDEV snd1

then use /dev/dsp for your audio in/output.
 
> I am a little upset about this because it is something that should be
> somewhat simple, but there is no information anywhere. Should I find
> enough information, I would LOVE to make a small page to help out
> others. But frankly, as someone who has spent hours looking for some
> help, I am disappointed.

Welcome to the world of voluntary documentation. :)  If you're willing
to help, see http://www.freebsd.org/docproj/ .

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@emsphone.com


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