> > Dear Sirs, > Thank you for Giving FreeBSD for free. > Basically I would like to ask you about a problem I have with the sound hardware > which I wasn't able to resolve. And I also have some suggestions to make! > > After Installation when writing #startx, at the prompt KDE loads and I get a message > than sound driver /dev/pcm couldn't be found. SuSE and Redhat both recognize my > sound driver as 82801DB AC'97. Further more alot of stuff like xmms, and other > applications were not installed although I checked them to be installed when I was > asked. The funny thing is that those applications exist in /usr/.../ports. > > 1:How can I configure my sound device?
Probably you still need to make a kernel config file and add device pcm to it and build a new kernel. Make a copy of /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC in the same directory example NEWCONFFILE . Check in LINT in that same directory for syntax. Add the device pcm line (minus initial '#' if any Build kernel either by the old way config NEWCONFFILE cd ../../compile make depend make make install You might want to make a copy of the current kernel file before doing the make install, just in case. It lives in either /kernel or /boot/kernel depending on which version of FreeBSD you are using. > Suggestions: > 1: It would be really attractive if the installation of FreeBSD was as easy and > comfortable(visual stuff) as SuSE's. > 2: It would be nice if kdm or xdm or something was installed and needen't have to be > configured after installation. For instance during the installation the user should > be asked if he would like to have xdm or kdm installed ... But, probably 1/2 to 2/3 of those running FreeBSD servers don't want those things. So, ??? FreeBSD is heavily used as a server OS - probably more so than as a desktop. Servers, some of which run without even a monitor hooked up, do not need nice looking desktop stuff. So, since it is is so easy to add if you want, it is better to start with just what everyone needs and then let everyone add the other stuff themselves. ////jerry > Thanks in advance! > Looking forward to your answer! > Drosos. > > > > _____________________________________________________________________________________ > http://www.mailbox.gr Αποκτήστε δωρεάν το μοναδικό σας e-mail. > http://www.thesuperweb.gr Website με Ασφαλές Controlpanel από 6 Euro και δώρο το > domain σας! > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
