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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!news.cais.net!news.jsums.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!new-news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Sound problems - any takers? Date: 7 Apr 1996 19:40:29 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 40 Message-ID: <4k926t$246@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <315B63BF.41C67EA6@elec.uq.edu.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: anorak.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Marcus Gallagher (marcusg@elec.uq.edu.au) wrote: : I've been trying for a while now to get my sound setup working : properly under FreeBSD. My setup is: : Pentium 133 : FreeBSD 2.1 : AWE32 Soundblaster compat. card : It seems that the kernel has the correct configuration: : 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 You need the following too: options CONFIGURE_SOUNDCARD options "SBC_BASE=0x220" options "SBC_IRQ=5" options "SBC_DMA=1" options "SB16_DMA=5" options "SB16MIDI_BASE=0x330" At least you did the last time I had a sound card in my FreeBSD box. : And this is acknowleged on bootup without any complaints. : However, cat'ing a file to /dev/audio produces nothing. : I have a CDROM, and I _can_ get audio through the sound card : using xcd or cdplayer. I can also play audio files in Windows95. : So, can anyone give me any ideas??? : Thanks in advance. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....