Setting up soundcard on FreeBSD laptop

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"james ...
> Sean wrote:
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> >
> > I've got a Gateway Solo9500, PIII 750, 128 MB with FreeBSD 5.1
> > installed. I'm trying to get the soundcard working. I've read the
> > FreeBSD handbook and I've added the option 'device pcm' to my kernel
> > and have recompiled with no errors. However after typing '# grep pcm
> > /var/run/dmesg.boot' I see no drivers listed. I want to makesure I
> > have the right soundcard. Does anyone know of a boot disk I may use
> > that will list the hardware on my laptop? Also, assuming I have the
> > correct soundcard, how do I get it working? Thanks.
> >
> > Sean
>
> try snd_driver_load="YES" in /boot/loader.conf
> if that works then look in /boot/defaults/loader.conf and pick and
> choose from the various sound modules until you find the one that
> works... or just continue to load all of them



Thank you very much for the reply. I did what you suggested and I've
got sound <smile> However when I play a mp3 it only plays out of one
speaker on the laptop. Also the volume is a bit low. How do you
adjust the volume in FreeBSD? Thanks for any help.


Sean
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Sean wrote:
> "james ...
>
>>Sean wrote:
>>
>>>Hi everybody,
>>>
>>>
>>>I've got a Gateway Solo9500, PIII 750, 128 MB with FreeBSD 5.1
>>>installed. I'm trying to get the soundcard working. I've read the
>>>FreeBSD handbook and I've added the option 'device pcm' to my kernel
>>>and have recompiled with no errors. However after typing '# grep pcm
>>>/var/run/dmesg.boot' I see no drivers listed. I want to makesure I
>>>have the right soundcard. Does anyone know of a boot disk I may use
>>>that will list the hardware on my laptop? Also, assuming I have the
>>>correct soundcard, how do I get it working? Thanks.
>>>
>>>Sean
>>
>>try snd_driver_load="YES" in /boot/loader.conf
>>if that works then look in /boot/defaults/loader.conf and pick and
>>choose from the various sound modules until you find the one that
>>works... or just continue to load all of them
>
>
>
>
> Thank you very much for the reply. I did what you suggested and I've
> got sound <smile> However when I play a mp3 it only plays out of one
> speaker on the laptop. Also the volume is a bit low. How do you
> adjust the volume in FreeBSD? Thanks for any help.
>
>
> Sean

run "mixer"

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 >> Stay informed about: Setting up soundcard on FreeBSD laptop 

> Thank you very much for the reply. I did what you suggested and I've
> got sound <smile> However when I play a mp3 it only plays out of one
> speaker on the laptop. Also the volume is a bit low. How do you
> adjust the volume in FreeBSD? Thanks for any help.

For volume control, you can use the mixer( command line tool. I don't
know, whether you will be able to get sound on the second speaker that
way.

If it doesn't work, could you post the relevant bits of a dmesg and the
output of `cat /dev/soundstat' (I hope that the last thing still exists
on FreeBSD 5).

Simon
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Simon Barner wrote in message ...
> > Thank you very much for the reply. I did what you suggested and I've
> > got sound <smile> However when I play a mp3 it only plays out of one
> > speaker on the laptop. Also the volume is a bit low. How do you
> > adjust the volume in FreeBSD? Thanks for any help.
>
> For volume control, you can use the mixer( command line tool. I don't
> know, whether you will be able to get sound on the second speaker that
> way.
>
> If it doesn't work, could you post the relevant bits of a dmesg and the
> output of `cat /dev/soundstat' (I hope that the last thing still exists
> on FreeBSD 5).
>
> Simon

I was able to control the sound volume with 'mixer' as well as getting
audio from both speakers with the command 'mixer pcm 100:100". Thanks
to all who have responded. I have one more issue with sound.
Sometimes when I boot, I get NO sound. If I try to play an mp3 I get
the error 'pipe broken' I would reboot and I would get sound again.
The following appears in dmesg:


pcm0: <ESS Technology Allergo-1> port 0x4000-0x40ff irq 5 at device
8.0 on pci 2
pcm0: failed to enable memory mapping!
pcm0: <ESS Technology ES1988 AC97 Codec>

Can anyone help me with this error? Thanks


Sean
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