Enabling sound?

[Rich Demanowski]

Derrick Ryalls wrote:
> On 7/21/06, Rich Demanowski <richd at richdphoto.com> wrote:
>> Derrick Ryalls wrote:
>> > On 7/21/06, Rich Demanowski <richd at richdphoto.com> wrote:
>> >> I just dropped a SoundBlaster Live! card into my box, and have 
>> followed
>> >> the directions in the handbook and the man pages.
>> >>
>> >> The following lines are in the compiled kernel:
>> >>     device sound
>> >>     device snd_emu10k1
>> >>
>> >> I don't get the pcm0 lines that section 7.2.2 in the manual talks
>> >> about.  cat /dev/sndstat returns:
>> >>     FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm)
>> >>     Installed devices:
>> >> and nothing else.
>> >>
>> >> kldload snd_emu10k1 yields no output whatsoever.  When followed by 
>> cat
>> >> /dev/sndstat it produces the same outputs as above.
>> >>
>> >> kld_load snd_driver yields:
>> >>     ppc0: parallel port not found.
>> >>     sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0x20
>> >>     sio1: port may not be enabled
>> >>     ppc0: parallel port not found.
>> >>     sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
>> >>     sio1: port may not be enabled
>> >>     ppc0: parallel port not found.
>> >>     sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
>> >>     sio1: port may not be enabled
>> >>     ppc0: parallel port not found.
>> >>     sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
>> >>     sio1: port may not be enabled
>> >>     ppc0: parallel port not found.
>> >>     sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
>> >>     sio1: port may not be enabled
>> >>     ppc0: parallel port not found.
>> >>     sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
>> >>     sio1: port may not be enabled
>> >>     ppc0: parallel port not found.
>> >>     sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
>> >>     sio1: port may not be enabled
>> >>
>> >> I recompiled with the sound and emu10k1 drivers commented out, and 
>> the
>> >> kldload and cat /dev/sndstat commands still yield the same.
>> >>
>> >> I need to get sound enabled on this box, so I can do some online
>> >> training provided through streaming video.  Please, please, please 
>> tell
>> >> me I don't have to break down and install wankers on this thing ...
>> >>
>> >
>> > I would try this:
>> >
>> > kldload snd_driver
>> >
>> > then cat /dev/sndstat to see if perhaps a different driver is needed.
>> I tried that.  That's what got me all the ppc0 and sio1 errors.
>>
>>
>
> Sorry, missed that.  Record heat around here.  My only other
> suggestion would involve a different sound card or possibly try a live
> O/S disk to see if the hardware is good.
Where/how do I obtain one of those?  All I have are the install discs 1 
and 2 that I downloaded the iso images for, and all I can get from those 
is an "emergency holographic shell" that can't even find the ls command, 
let alone kldload ...