Which driver for SIS sound controller ?

edward kouye at wanadoo.fr
Sun Apr 17 14:16:27 PDT 2005


Works like a charm.
Thanks Chris.
Edward

> edward wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I have installed 5.3 release and KDE 3.3 on a NEC machine (i386) with an
>> integrated sound chip. When I start KDE, i get the following error message :
>> Sound server informational message:
>> Error while initializing the sound driver:
>> device /dev/dsp can't be opened (No such file or directory)
>> The sound server will continue, using the null output device
>> 
>> I assume I need to load a kernel module (handbook wise). The integrated
>> sound chip on my motherboard is labeled "Silicon Integrated Systems (SIS)
>> sound controller" and, under Linux, the driver is snd-intel8x0
>> It doesn't seem to appear in the hardware compatibility list for 5.3
>> release, although it seems to be a rather common component.
>> Does anyone know which FreeBSD driver I should use and if I'm on the right
>> track ?
>> Thanks,
>> Edward
>> 
> 
> 
> Here's what I use in mine. I think mine is much like yours.
> 
> sound_load="YES"
> snd_ich_load="YES"
> 




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