Hello I have just installed Free BSD on my old computer system to learn how to use it and I can't get any sound. When I start KDE desktop I receve a message that says
"Sound server informational message:
Error while initializing the sound driver:
device /dev/dsp can't be opened (No such file or directory)
The sound server will continue, using the null output device."
I have even tried to hook up an usb cable sound card but that won't work either. Right now I'm useing a P3-866/128 RAM/20G and presumably onboard sound of some type, Is there anything someone could tell me to get my sound card working.
Much appreciation, Ac101
Hi !
The sound driver should be loaded by writing in your /boot/loader.conf the line that coresponds to sound card. If you don't know what card it is, go into /boot/kernel and try "kldload snd_driver.ko". This will load all the sound drivers that FreeBSD knows and will chose the right one. After this, to see what's the "chosen one" simply try "cat /dev/sndstat" and you'll see the details about the driver.
For example, in my case, if I'm doing the "kldload snd_driver" thing, I get an answer like this
when I "cat /dev/sndstat". This tells me that I have to load the snd_ich module when I start my computer (insert " snd_ich_load="YES" " in my /boot/loader.conf).
I hope this helps.
Good luck !
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LEARN ABOUT FREEBSD
snd_csa
SND_CSA(4) BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual SND_CSA(4)NAME
snd_csa -- Crystal Semiconductor CS461x/462x/4280 PCI bridge device driver
SYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:
device sound
device snd_csa
Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):
snd_csa_load="YES"
DESCRIPTION
The snd_csa bridge driver allows the generic audio driver sound(4) to attach to Crystal Semiconductor CS461x/462x/4280 based sound cards.
HARDWARE
The snd_csa driver supports the following sound cards:
o Crystal Semiconductor CS4280
o Crystal Semiconductor CS4610
o Crystal Semiconductor CS4611
o Crystal Semiconductor CS4614
o Crystal Semiconductor CS4615
o Crystal Semiconductor CS4622
o Crystal Semiconductor CS4624
o Crystal Semiconductor CS4630
o Genius Soundmaker 128 Value
o Hercules Game Theatre XP
o Turtle Beach Santa Cruz
Some onboard CS4610 chips are accompanied by the CS423x ISA codec instead of the CS4297 AC97 codec. Such configurations are not supported by
the snd_csa driver yet.
SEE ALSO sound(4)HISTORY
The snd_csa device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 4.0.
AUTHORS
Seigo Tanimura <tanimura@r.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp>
BSD December 15, 2005 BSD