Enabling sound?

[Derrick Ryalls]

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:
> >> 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 ...
>

I was referring to something Knoppix like (Freesbie?) so you can see
if a different version of the O/S helps.  I wouldn't know how to
diagnose sound issues in anything linux based though.  Can you drop
the card in a Windows box temporarily to see if it works there?