Login or Register to Ask a Question and Join Our Community


BSD

FreeBSD 8.1 and OSS: system freezing

Login to Discuss or Reply to this Discussion in Our Community

 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Operating Systems BSD FreeBSD 8.1 and OSS: system freezing
# 1  
Old 11-24-2010
FreeBSD 8.1 and OSS: system freezing
Hey all,

This is my first post and I'm a brand new unix user. Just to let ya know, my technical knowledge consists of windows and linux(Ubuntu, Fedora, Sabayon, and Arch Linux), so I'm not a complete NOOB at using unix-like OSes. Anyway, I installed FreeBSD 8.1 yesterday and everything is going well: system is updated, everything compiled from source just fine, and ports tree is updated. However, I am having a big problem with getting my sound to work. I know that my sound card(Creative x-fi extreme gamer) is not natively supported in unix, so I installed OSS. After I installed it I added oss_enable="YES" into /etc/rc.conf. When I restart my system, it freezes as soon as I log in to gnome: everytime! The system completely locks up. The only way I can use my system, is if I disable OSS. Furthermore, I've been using the system(with OSS disabled) for several hours now and it's not freezing at all. OSS has to be the problem.

That's why I need your help. I'm lovin FreeBSD, but I'd love to have some sound.
Please help me resolve this issue.

My PC specs:
Motherboard: ASUS Striker Extreme
CPU: Intel C2D
RAM: 6GB DDR2
GPU: Nvidia 9800GTX+
HDD: 1TB Western Digital
SoundCard: Creative X-FI Extreme Gamer

I appreciate your feedback,

Thanks,

Nathan
Login or Register to Ask a Question

Previous Thread | Next Thread

10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. Linux

Linux keeps freezing on UFW BLOCK

Hi everyone, I have had trouble getting several versions of Linux stable on my machine over the last few months. I do not think the issue is with the machine. Windows ran fine on it for a long time. The current issue is that whenever I lock the screen then come back after a long time I find... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: mojoman
2 Replies

2. Infrastructure Monitoring

Need help getting Loadrunner to work with freeBSD system monitoring rstatd/rup/rsysinfo

Hi there， I'm trying to use loadrunner with freebsd system monitoring tools like rstatd/rup/rsysinfo, but I keep getting this error from loadrunner: Monitor name :UNIX Resources. Internal rpc error (error code:4). Machine: 192.168.1.15. Hint: Check that RPC on this machine is up and running.... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: echan00
0 Replies

3. Hardware

Laptop freezing issues

I am having Laptop freezing issues. Whenever I try to use Firfox and vlc, chrome and vlc, firefox and chrome, or anything similar to that my computer freezes. I always have to kill one of the processes before I can use my laptop again. I am guessing this is a hardware issue because when I move... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: cokedude
5 Replies

4. BSD

How to get the FreeBsd system information?

Hi, How to get the FreeBsd system hardware and software basic information using terminal command with guest login? Here below i have specified some of the information i need. Please have a look at this and guide me. OS Name: OS Version : OS Manufacturer: OS... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: forumguest
2 Replies

5. SCO

X Server -> keyboard and mouse are freezing

hi I've configured X Server using Video Configuration Manager on SCO 5.0.6, but the keyboard and mouse are freezing after 5 minutes on the graphical login mask. ---------- Post updated at 01:59 PM ---------- Previous update was at 02:43 AM ---------- BTW I finished the configuration,... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: ccc
2 Replies

6. Solaris

Jet/Jumpstart installation freezing

Hi guys, I have a problem with installing new Solaris servers via jet/jumpstart (tried both). I`ve configured server, created profile for a client, issued {1} boot net -v install and went to get some cofee... After I came back, client was able to load system from server, get IP and,... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: masloff
4 Replies

7. BSD

FreeBSD Stackable File System

how can we create a folder invisible to the userspace, i.e no flavor of "ls" should be able to retrieve it, it should exist and we should be able to work with it like any other folder. Specifically, hat changes do we need to make in the kernel... I am thinking of a whiteout entry but not sure... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: warrior1234
3 Replies

8. SCO

SCO Unix 5.0.5 freezing

Hie I use SCO Unix 5.0.5 as my operating system and i have been having the following problem for the past couple of days : After every 3 hours or more , my system freezes and all users are locked out .I can not do anything even on the console . Each time i have to press the reset button... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: babby
2 Replies

9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Installing FreeBSD on old system?

I've never had trouble installing freebsd or any linux/unix system on any computer i've tried to do it on. I just recently aquired a Packard Bell, 75mhz Pentium, 482 i believe. Im having difficulty installing it. I have FreeBSD 5.1 on cd and the computer wont even recognize the cd on boot, so it... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: MadProfessor
2 Replies

10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

CDE freezing

I am running Solaris 8 intel and recently my Common Desktop environment will not load. I enter the root username and password at the prompt, it switches to the CDE screen and the freezes. The OpenWindows environment works fine. I tried with a regular username (not root) and I get the same resutls.... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: dangral
2 Replies
Login or Register to Ask a Question

LEARN ABOUT NETBSD

ossaudio

OSSAUDIO(3)						   BSD Library Functions Manual 					       OSSAUDIO(3)

NAME

     ossaudio -- OSS audio emulation

LIBRARY

     OSS Audio Emulation Library (libossaudio, -lossaudio)

SYNOPSIS

     #include <soundcard.h>

DESCRIPTION

     The ossaudio library provides an emulation of the OSS (Linux) audio interface.

     Use the native interface for new programs and the emulation library only for porting programs.

   Mixer Control Map
     The following table summarizes the mappings from native interface device names to OSS mixer controls.

     Native Device Name    OSS Mixer Control
     *.mic		   SOUND_MIXER_MIC
     *.line		   SOUND_MIXER_LINE
     *.cd		   SOUND_MIXER_CD
     *.dac		   SOUND_MIXER_PCM
     *.aux		   SOUND_MIXER_LINE1
     *.record		   SOUND_MIXER_IMIX
     *.master		   SOUND_MIXER_VOLUME
     *.treble		   SOUND_MIXER_TREBLE
     *.bass		   SOUND_MIXER_BASS
     *.speaker		   SOUND_MIXER_SPEAKER
     *.output		   SOUND_MIXER_OGAIN
     *.input		   SOUND_MIXER_IGAIN
     *.fmsynth		   SOUND_MIXER_SYNTH
     *.midi		   SOUND_MIXER_SYNTH

SEE ALSO

     audio(4), midi(4)

HISTORY

     The ossaudio library first appeared in NetBSD 1.3.

BUGS

     The emulation uses a #define for ioctl() so some obscure programs can fail to compile.

     The emulation is incomplete.

     The emulation only covers ioctl(), there are other differences as well.  E.g., on a write that would block in non-blocking mode Linux returns
     EINTR whereas NetBSD 1.3 returns EAGAIN.

BSD
								 February 3, 2009							       BSD