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Date:      Tue, 27 Feb 2001 13:09:28 -0600
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
To:        Wyatt Banks <banksw@sunyit.edu>
Cc:        Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: sound card configuration fails in 4.0 RELEASE
Message-ID:  <15003.64360.330445.481051@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0102271400280.14152-100000@demeter>
References:  <15003.49661.102900.927742@guru.mired.org> <Pine.GSO.4.21.0102271400280.14152-100000@demeter>

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Wyatt Banks <banksw@sunyit.edu> types:
> 
> 
> On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Mike Meyer wrote:
> 
> > Wyatt Banks <banksw@sunyit.edu> types:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Mike Meyer wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Wyatt Banks <banksw@sunyit.edu> types:
> > > > > On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Mike Meyer wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > > Wyatt Banks <banksw@sunyit.edu> types:
> > > > > > > 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
> > > > > > Well, at a start I'd say because you don't have an sbc device in your
> > > > > > kernel, but that could be a typo in your email. In which case, you may
> > > > > > have hid another typo. Does your dmesg output mention either sbc or pcm?
> > > > > actually, according to the handbook I do have an sbc device.  It says:
> > > > 
> > > > Sorry, I was being cute instead of explicit. The config files you
> > > > listed say "devce sbc", *not* "device sbc". The latter adds an sbc
> > > > device to your kernel; the former (what you listed in your mail) is an
> > > > error. If you cut-n-pasted, then your config is wrong. If you didn't
> > > > cut-n-paste, then it's hard to say if there was an error that you
> > > > fixed in retyping it.
> > > > 
> > > > > Is the handbook completely screwed up?  I followed it exactly.
> > > > 
> > > > Well, if it says "devce" instead of "device", yes. In which case, can
> > > > you provide the URL so we can get it fixed?
> > > > 
> > > > FWIW, my AWE64 ISA card worked on 4.0-RELEASE using pcm & sbc.
> > > > 
> > > > Hmm - come to think of it, check the LINT config to see what it says
> > > > about the pcm & sbc devices. It may be that what the handbook has -
> > > > which is correct for 4.2 - may not be correct for 4.0-R.
> > > > 
> > > > 	<mike
> > > > --
> > > > Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>			http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/
> > > > Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > no, the page spelling is fine.  I must have mistyped it.  For some reason
> > > it doesn't pick up my card, and it works fine in windows so the card
> > > works.  So basically I'd do this:
> > > 
> > > add to my kernel:
> > > device pcm
> > > device sbc
> > > 
> > > re-compile my kernel, rebooot, then cat /dev/sndstat.
> > > 
> > > These are roughly the steps in the handbook and it doesn't seem to work
> > > for me.  The handbook also mentions doing a MAKEDEV snd0 (from the /dev
> > > directory of course) but that is after the cat/dev/sndstat
> > > succeeds.  Someone else on this list told me to do the MAKEDEV
> > > before.  Neither produced any results.  My dmesg doesn't list anything
> > > about sound.  Any ideas?  
> > 
> > Did you check the /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/LINT file for pcm and sbc
> > entries like I suggested?
> > 
> > Is your BIOS set for PnP OS? If so, try turning that off.
> > 
> > 	<mike
> > --
> > Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>			http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/
> > Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information.
> > 
> 
> yes, I checked lint.  It said to use sbc and pcm like the current
> handbook on the web does.  I also checked my bios.  My bios has an option
> called 'PnP OS Installed' which is set to 'no'
> 
> Nothing seems to work.  I just redid the kernel again, checked my dmesg
> again and nothing seems to think the card is there.
> 
> My handbook with my distribution doesn't have a sound section at all.  I'm
> running 4.0-RELEASE.  I checked the man pages which support the sbc and
> pcm device configuration as well.
> 
> Is there anything else that can be set wrong?  Everything I check (man
> pages, handbook, mailing lists, etc) says I did it right, yet it doesn't
> work. :(

IRQs? You might check to see if something else is using the IRQ the
card is using is being shared. You might also try wiring down the sbc
entry (see the sbc man page).

Basically, until the system detects the sbc, you won't get pcm to show
up.

	<mike
--
Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>			http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/
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