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From: crs@lanl.gov (Charlie Sorsby)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Need help with sound.
Date: 29 Oct 1996 00:05:42 GMT
Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory
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Message-ID: <553hom$8ij@newshost.lanl.gov>
NNTP-Posting-Host: hamlet.lanl.gov
As mentioned in another post, I reinstalled 2.1.5 on a replacement
disk. I had previously been able to get workman to play music CDs.
After reinstallation, I cannot.
Background: The sound stuff had not been installed on the new
disk when it arrived from SWT (i.e. in the kernel config file)
so I added it from LINT and rebuilt the kernel. Then I had various
problems when I tried to run cdplay or xcdplayer. But then I
discovered workman and when first I ran that it suggested that I
change permissions on (I think) /dev/snd0 which I did according
to it's suggestion. After that, it worked fine. Until I
reinstalled FBSD. I'm using the same kernel configuration file
that I had done before but when I run workman it comes up
claiming no CD in drive. If I click on "CD Info" the popup is
all grayed out as are other popups that relate to the CD. All of
that worked before I reinstalled FBSD.
I rebuilt the kernel after reinstallation from the same kernel
configuration file that I had used before.
Oddly, even though this is in my kernel config file:
controller snd0
device sb0 at isa? port 0x220 irq 5 drq 1 vector sbintr
device sbxvi0 at isa? drq 5
device sbmidi0 at isa? port 0x330
device opl0 at isa? port 0x388
there is no snd0 line in either dmesg output or in /var/log/messages.
It's right before the pseudodevice stuff. I would think that I'd
screwed up if it hadn't worked before I reinstalled FBSD.
I have tried remaking the device(s) with MAKEDEV but there is still
no /dev/snd0, only /dev/sndstat. I guess that makes some sense in
light of the absence of a snd0 line in the boot messages. I assume
that that is the problem but I don't know what to do about it.
The CD drive seems to work OK for data. I can mount /cdrom and
install packages--I just did a few minutes ago with a package that
I'd forgotten that I need.
Also, I seem to recall that there was a /dev/audio that could be
used through the SB speakers (e.g. cat file.au > /dev/audio) but it
also doesn't exist and MAKEDEV says that there's no such device
name so I assume that it was a symbolic link to something.
Thanks for any suggestions. I've looked through the handbook and
the FAQ but have found nothing helpful. I read the file,
/usr/src/sys/i386/isa/sound/sound.doc but still no help.
Please let me know if I can provide any further information.
Thanks for any help.
--
Best,
Charlie "Older than dirt" Sorsby "I'm the NRA!"
crs@swcp.com crs@hamlet.lanl.gov Life Member since 1965