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Date:      Fri, 21 Jul 2006 15:41:23 -0700
From:      "Derrick Ryalls" <ryallsd@gmail.com>
To:        "Rich Demanowski" <richd@richdphoto.com>
Cc:        freeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Enabling sound?
Message-ID:  <d5eb95fc0607211541m6f8beac4o96fb6fc593d305f0@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <44C156DA.5060701@RichDPhoto.com>
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On 7/21/06, Rich Demanowski <richd@richdphoto.com> wrote:
> Derrick Ryalls wrote:
> > On 7/21/06, Rich Demanowski <richd@richdphoto.com> wrote:
> >> I just dropped a SoundBlaster Live! card into my box, and have followed
> >> the directions in the handbook and the man pages.
> >>
> >> The following lines are in the compiled kernel:
> >>     device sound
> >>     device snd_emu10k1
> >>
> >> I don't get the pcm0 lines that section 7.2.2 in the manual talks
> >> about.  cat /dev/sndstat returns:
> >>     FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm)
> >>     Installed devices:
> >> and nothing else.
> >>
> >> kldload snd_emu10k1 yields no output whatsoever.  When followed by cat
> >> /dev/sndstat it produces the same outputs as above.
> >>
> >> kld_load snd_driver yields:
> >>     ppc0: parallel port not found.
> >>     sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0x20
> >>     sio1: port may not be enabled
> >>     ppc0: parallel port not found.
> >>     sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
> >>     sio1: port may not be enabled
> >>     ppc0: parallel port not found.
> >>     sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
> >>     sio1: port may not be enabled
> >>     ppc0: parallel port not found.
> >>     sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
> >>     sio1: port may not be enabled
> >>     ppc0: parallel port not found.
> >>     sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
> >>     sio1: port may not be enabled
> >>     ppc0: parallel port not found.
> >>     sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
> >>     sio1: port may not be enabled
> >>     ppc0: parallel port not found.
> >>     sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
> >>     sio1: port may not be enabled
> >>
> >> I recompiled with the sound and emu10k1 drivers commented out, and the
> >> kldload and cat /dev/sndstat commands still yield the same.
> >>
> >> I need to get sound enabled on this box, so I can do some online
> >> training provided through streaming video.  Please, please, please tell
> >> me I don't have to break down and install wankers on this thing ...
> >>
> >
> > I would try this:
> >
> > kldload snd_driver
> >
> > then cat /dev/sndstat to see if perhaps a different driver is needed.
> I tried that.  That's what got me all the ppc0 and sio1 errors.
>
>

Sorry, missed that.  Record heat around here.  My only other
suggestion would involve a different sound card or possibly try a live
O/S disk to see if the hardware is good.



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