SoundBlaster 16 PnP ISA Card on 5.1

[Philippe Vachon]

Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote:

> Philippe Vachon wrote:
>
>> Hey.
>> I guess I was trying my best to avoid having to recompile the Kernel, 
>> and stick with the stock kernel in 5.1. Are there any alternatives to 
>> recompiling?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Phil V.
>>
>> Jorn Argelo wrote:
>>
>>> Do you have the following kernel options compiled in your kernel?
>>>
>>> device          pcm
>>> device          sbc
>>>
>>> I believe you don't need a soundblaster kernel module then, but I am 
>>> not sure.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Jorn
>>>
>>> On Friday 27 February 2004 17:41, Philippe Vachon wrote:
>>>  
>>>
>>>> Hey Folks.
>>>> I just subscribed to the list, but I've been using FreeBSD on and off
>>>> for a few months now. There has, however, been one thing lacking 
>>>> from my
>>>> FreeBSD setup and that is the ability to play sound!
>>>>
>>>> I followed the directions in the handbook (namely adding the line to
>>>> load the snd_ab16.ko kernel module to loader.conf) and adjusted the
>>>> volume. The sound, when it does play, is compressed -- i.e. runs at 10
>>>> times the speed it should. I can't even play any audio with XMMS.
>>>>
>>>> Anybody have any ideas? It's a Creative SoundBlaster 16 PnP ISA card
>>>> (model CT4180), and it's in a PIII450 box with an ASUS P2BF 
>>>> motherboard.
>>>> Any help will be appreciated.
>>>
>>>
>
>
> There is a *long* list of loadable modules in
> /boot/kernel/ ... check out the ones that have
> snd* in the title.
>
> Then, $man kldload.....
>
> HTH,
>
> Kevin Kinsey
> DaleCo, S.P.
>
Thanks for the advice -- I've already checked there, as per the 
instructions in the handbook. That's why I have the line
snd_sb16_load="YES"
in my loader.conf, as per the directions in the handbook, and told to me 
by many on the #freebsd channel on freenode.

I do get sound playing, however, the problem is, wherenever I do get 
sound playing, the time is compressed -- it plays 10 times (or even 
more) faster than it should be.

It's annoying, I guess, because I easily enough was able to get OSS to 
work with Linux kernel 2.4.x and ALSA in the 2.6.x kernel on this 
computer, but I still cannot for the life of me get the FreeBSD kernel 
to play audio on this computer. :(

Thanks,
Phil