Mark Kane wrote:
Teilhard Knight wrote:
Mark Kane wrote:
Teilhard Knight wrote:
Hello:
I have only compiled a kernel for FreeBSD for the series 4.x. I now
installed version 5.4, and I do not have sound. I am compiling my
custom kernel essentially to get sound. In the series 4.x the
driver "pcm" worked fine for me. My question is whether I should
stick to the same driver or I should use another driver in the 5.4
install. Any feedback will be appreciated.
Teilhard.
Hi. Check out:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/sound-setup.html
It's "device sound" in 5.x instead of "device pcm". Obviously then
add in support for your specific sound card with the documentation
provided there.
Hope that helps. :)
It helped a lot. I issued the command "kldload sound" in my original
kernel, and loaded the module snd_ich. I have sound now when I click
on "test sound" in the sound section of the CC and on starting a KDE
session. Problem is, I only get sound through the right hand side and I
get
nothing when trying to play a CD. Any ideas?
Teilhard.
Glad you got it working. Now for the new issues:
I have not used KDE in a long time but I do know that their aRTs
daemon takes over sound. Are there any settings showing the left and
right channels that you can adjust? Maybe called "Balance"? You might
also make sure that the connector on the actual sound card going to your
speakers/headphones is plugged in all the way. I know if mine is only
halfway in then I only hear one channel.
As for CD audio not playing, have you made sure that the audio
connector is connected from your CD drive to your sound card? It could be
that,
or the mixer levels in aRTs are muted or not raised for CD's.
As far as I can see, the only thing present in my system to make audio
adjustments is Kmix. Very simple compared to Alsamixer in Mandriva. It does
not have any sort of balance or individual controls for left and right
channels, but for example, only slider for volume.
I have now compiled my kernel and included support for audio. It came out
without it, as the generic kernel. I'd better make another post and explain
in more detail, as it is a different issue. Thanks so much for your
feedback.
Teilhard.
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