Received: from SOUTH-STATION-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po7.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA17595; Wed, 20 Dec 95 19:15:57 EST Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA04907; Wed, 20 Dec 95 19:15:57 EST Received: from freefall.FreeBSD.ORG by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; (5.65/1.1.8.2/19Aug95-0530PM) id AA23885; Wed, 20 Dec 1995 19:15:56 -0500 Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA24610 Wed, 20 Dec 1995 15:34:49 -0800 (PST) Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id PAA24539 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 20 Dec 1995 15:34:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from wedge.cc.utas.edu.au (wedge.cc.utas.edu.au [131.217.10.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id PAA24498 for ; Wed, 20 Dec 1995 15:34:04 -0800 (PST) Received: (from cp_nairn@localhost) by wedge.cc.utas.edu.au (8.7.1/8.6.6) id KAA24565; Thu, 21 Dec 1995 10:33:29 +1100 (EST) Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 10:33:28 +1100 (EST) From: Carey Nairn To: Tom Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1.0 and SoundBlaster In-Reply-To: <9512202230.AA12785@becky.acet.org.noname> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Have you made all the sound devices in /dev (i.e. MAKEDEV snd0). I couldn't get sound to work until I did this even though /dev/audio was there. On Wed, 20 Dec 1995, Tom wrote: > > I have recently installed FreeBSD 2.1.0 on a pc (Compaq 486) and am > having alot of trouble getting a SoundBlaster 16 card working. (my real goal is > to get the MBONE multicasting tools sd and vat working, but first I > thought I should verify that the sound card works) > > i) I configured my kernel with the following statements in the config file: > controller snd0 > device sb0 at isa? port 0x220 irq 5 conflicts drq 1 vector sbintr > device sbxvi0 at isa? drq 5 > device sbmidi0 at isa? port 0x330 > device opl0 at isa? port 0x388 conflicts > > options ALLOW_CONFLICT_IOADDR > options ALLOW_CONFLICT_IRQ > > note: I do not have any other devices > configured for IRQ5 > > ii) The kernel reports the following upon boot up: > sb0 at 0x220 irq 5 drq 1 on isa > sb0: > sbxvi0 at 0x0 drq 5 on isa > sbxvo0: > sbmidi0 at 0x330 on isa > > opl0 at 0x388 on isa > opl0: > > iii) cat /dev/sndstat reports the following: > VoxWare Sound Driver:3.0-beta-950506 (Sun Feb 5 14:38:12 EST 1995 freebsd-hacker > s@freefall.cdrom.com) > Config options: ffffffff > > Installed drivers: > Type 1: OPL-2/OPL-3 FM > Type 2: SoundBlaster > Type 6: SoundBlaster16 > Type 7: SB16 MIDI > > > Card config: > SoundBlaster at 0x220 irq 5 drq 1 > SoundBlaster16 at 0x0 irq 65535 drq 5 > SB16 MIDI at 0x330 irq 65535 drq 4294967295 > OPL-2/OPL-3 FM at 0x388 irq 65535 drq 4294967295 > > Audio devices: > 0: SoundBlaster 16 4.11 > > Synth devices: > 0: Yamaha OPL-3 > > Midi devices: > 0: SoundBlaster 16 Midi > > Timers: > 0: System Timer > > Mixers: > 0: SoundBlaster > > > iv) cat filename.au >/dev/audio results in no sound and cat hangs > without quitting. > > v) cat filename >/dev/dsp results in no sound and cat hangs > without quitting. > > Is there anyone who could help me with some advice on how > to get this working? Thankyou. > > > Tom Lehman > (tlehman@becky.acet.org) > ========================================================================= Carey Nairn ! email : Carey.Nairn@its.utas.edu.au Networks and Communications ! phone : (002) 20 7419 Information Technology Services ! fax : (002) 20 7898 University of Tasmania. ! =========================================================================