Re: sound set up
On Tue, 11 May 2004 13:47:26 +0100, arden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi all ive been using linux for some time and thought was time to try something new the install of 5.2 went without a prob but did not set up my sound card in linux would be able to probe the pci bus to get an id of the card with cat /proc/ pci but could not under bsd can you please point me in the right direction Take a look here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/sound-setup.html Most likely, running `kldload pcm` will get it working if your sound card is one of the common ones. --roop ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sound set up
On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 01:47:26PM +0100, arden wrote: ive been using linux for some time and thought was time to try something new the install of 5.2 went without a prob but did not set up my sound card in linux would be able to probe the pci bus to get an id of the card with cat /proc/ pci but could not under bsd can you please point me in the right direction # pciconf -lv or look at the dmesg output from when the system last booted up: % less /var/run/dmesg.boot or if the sound card is supported by the pcm(4) driver: # cat /dev/sndstat [although these last two are less useful if you don't have an appropriate driver available in the kernel or the loadable kernel modules for that particular sound card]. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: sound set up
sorted it out thanks for pointing me in the right direction kldload snd_driver sorted it out arden On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 13:56, Roop Nanuwa wrote: On Tue, 11 May 2004 13:47:26 +0100, arden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi all ive been using linux for some time and thought was time to try something new the install of 5.2 went without a prob but did not set up my sound card in linux would be able to probe the pci bus to get an id of the card with cat /proc/ pci but could not under bsd can you please point me in the right direction Take a look here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/sound-setup.html Most likely, running `kldload pcm` will get it working if your sound card is one of the common ones. --roop ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sound set up
On Tue, 11 May 2004, arden wrote: hi all Hi! ive been using linux for some time and thought was time to try something new the install of 5.2 went without a prob but did not set up my sound card in linux would be able to probe the pci bus to get an id of the card with cat /proc/ pci but could not under bsd can you please point me in the right direction The first hint would always be the handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/multimedia.html Regards, Uli. arden ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] +---+ |Peter Ulrich Kruppa| | Wuppertal | | Germany | +---+ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sound set up
First thing to try, as root: kldload snd_driver If that goes off without problems and sound works (in KDE for example) then you can compile a new kernel with: device pcm After that you won't have to kldload snd_driver as root. Hope that helps. On Tue, 11 May 2004, arden wrote: hi all ive been using linux for some time and thought was time to try something new the install of 5.2 went without a prob but did not set up my sound card in linux would be able to probe the pci bus to get an id of the card with cat /proc/ pci but could not under bsd can you please point me in the right direction arden ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
