Soundblaster Live! on FreeBSD 4.8?

[fireal at earthlink.net]

Yes, I did add pcm to the kernel config, and I did make the device after in=
stalling and rebooting to the new kernel.  Like I said, I can see the card =
in dmesg, and kde even opens the volume control on the taskbar, but I can g=
et no sound.

My understanding is that SBLive cards are not supported, and if you get one=
 to work you're lucky.  Is this correct, or should they work with no proble=
m?  Is there anything I can try, or are there any resources to check?

Thanks,

Brian

-----Original Message-----
From: Kent Stewart [mailto:kstewart at owt.com]=20
Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 7:29 PM
To: fireal at earthlink.net; freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Soundblaster Live! on FreeBSD 4.8?

On Sunday 07 September 2003 01:19 pm, fireal at earthlink.net wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am trying to find out how to get sound configured on my machine
> with FreeBSD 4.8 (or even 5.1) for that matter.  I have a Creative
> Soundblaster Live! card.  I added sound to the kernel, rebooted, and
> made the device(for 4.8).  I can see the card in dmesg, and even get
> a volume control (using KDE), but cannot play any sounds.  =C3=A2=E2=82=
=AC=C5=93fstat |
> grep dsp=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=C2=9D shows artsd running.  But running or not, I=
 have no
> sound.
>
> I have searched the various related lists, checked the handbook,
> google.com/bsd, etc, and can find no definite answer to my question.=20
> I understand that SB Live isn=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2t supported, yet som=
e people say that
> have them set up and working, and that there is no reason they should
> not work in BSD.  I=C3=A2=E2=82=AC=E2=84=A2m just wondering if there is a=
nything that I
> can do, or are any resources to check into.
>

For sound, did you add "device pcm" to your kernel config file? If you=20
did, then did you=20

cd /dev
sh MAKEDEV snd0

I have a "Live 5.1" and an Audigy gamer. The live works just fine and=20
has for an awfully long time.

Kent

--=20
Kent Stewart
Richland, WA

http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html