Sound not working with FreeBSD

Bingrui Foo wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I used the info in the FreeBSD handbook to reinstall the kernel with extra
> 'device pcm' option to get my sound blaster live sound card to work. Also
> did cd /dev; sh MAKEDEV snd0 too.
>
> But there is still no sound from xmms and mplayer. Wondering what could
> the problem be?
>
> Anybody can help me out it would be great.
> Thanks.
>
> Foo

Sounds like BSD isn't seeing your sound-card.

I had the same problem and this worked for me: login as root. hit quick
browser/root/boot/ Open up boot in file manager. open up the defaults
folder, open up loader config.


scroll down and you will see this.

##############################################################
### Sound modules ##########################################
##############################################################

snd_ad1816_load="NO" # ad1816 isa
snd_cmi_load="NO" # cmi8738 pci
snd_csa_load="NO" # cs46xx/cs4280 pci
snd_cs4281_load="NO" # cs4281 pci
snd_ds1_load="NO" # yamaha ds1/dsxg pci
snd_emu10k1_load="NO" # creative Sound Blaster Live
snd_ess_load="NO" # ess isa
snd_es137x_load="NO" # es1370/es1371/es1373/ct5880 pci
snd_fm801_load="NO" # forte media fm801 pci
snd_ich_load="NO" # Intel ICH
snd_maestro_load="NO" # ess maestro-2 pci
snd_maestro3_load="NO" # ess maestro-3 pci
snd_mss_load="NO" # mss-compatible isa
snd_neomagic_load="NO" # neomagic nm256av/nm256zx pci
snd_sb8_load="NO" # Sound Blaster (Pro) isa
snd_sb16_load="NO" # Sound Blaster 16/awe32/awe64 isa
snd_solo_load="NO" # ess solo-1 pci
snd_t4dwave_load="NO" # trident 4dwave dx/nx pci
snd_via8233_load="NO" # via8233 pci
snd_via82c686_load="NO" # via82c686 pci
snd_load="NO" # All sound drivers (use instead of above)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Change snd_load="NO" (to yes) # All sound drivers (use instead of
above)

Its the bottom one. Reboot and you will have sound.
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Bingrui Foo wrote:

> Hi,
> The previous suggestion didn't work.

As someone trying to learn FreeBSD I finally managed to get 5.1
installed, and this was the first error message I got, Sound not
working etc. I tried your solution and it worked, It's just that BSD is
storing it's modules in a different place to Slackware.
--
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"...hit the squirrel!"
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If its FreeBSD 5.x you wont need to compile anything. Just load the
module for your soundcard and it will work straight away.
Look in the handbook to find if your card is supported and if so what
module to load.
You then edit loader.conf (i think) to make the kernel load that module
at every boot.


Two Ravens wrote:

> Bingrui Foo wrote:
>
>
>>Hi,
>>The previous suggestion didn't work.
>
>
> As someone trying to learn FreeBSD I finally managed to get 5.1
> installed, and this was the first error message I got, Sound not
> working etc. I tried your solution and it worked, It's just that BSD is
> storing it's modules in a different place to Slackware.
 >> Stay informed about: Sound not working with FreeBSD 

MH wrote:

> If its FreeBSD 5.x you wont need to compile anything. Just load the
> module for your soundcard and it will work straight away.
> Look in the handbook to find if your card is supported and if so what
> module to load.
> You then edit loader.conf (i think) to make the kernel load that
> module at every boot.

What I did was find the :
snd_via82c686_load"NO" #via82c686
copy it to loader.conf, which was empty and then alter No to YES
Luckily I hadve recompiled Linux kernels and know what my harware is and
needs.

--
Two Ravens
"...hit the squirrel!"
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