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diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/multimedia/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/multimedia/chapter.sgml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ca58bf0cdb --- /dev/null +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/multimedia/chapter.sgml @@ -0,0 +1,330 @@ +<!-- + The FreeBSD Documentation Project + + $FreeBSD$ +--> + +<chapter id="sound"> + <title>Sound</title> + + <para><emphasis>Contributed by Moses Moore + <email>jm-moses@home.com</email>, 20 November 2000.</emphasis></para> + + <sect1> + <title>Synopsis</title> + + <para>This chapter of the handbook deals with setting up sound on a + FreeBSD system.</para> + </sect1> + + <sect1> + <title>Locating the Correct Device</title> + + <para>Before you begin, you should know the model of the card you + have, the chip it uses, and whether it is a PCI or ISA card. + FreeBSD supports a wide variety of both PCI and ISA cards. If you + do not see your card in the following list, check the &man.pcm.4; + manual page. This is not a complete list, however, it does list + some of the most common cards.</para> + + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para>Crystal 4237, 4236, 4232, 4231</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Yamaha OPL-SAx</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>OPTi931</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Ensoniq AudioPCI 1370/1371</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>ESS Solo-1/1E</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>NeoMagic 256AV/ZX</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Sound Blaster Pro, 16, 32, AWE64, AWE128, Live</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Creative ViBRA16</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Advanced Asound 100, 110, and Logic ALS120</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>ES 1868, 1869, 1879, 1888</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Gravis UltraSound</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Aureal Vortex 1 or 2</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + + <para>The driver you use in your kernel depends on the kind of card + you have. The sections below provide more information and what + you will need to add to your <ulink url="../kernelconfig.html">kernel + configuration</ulink>.</para> + + <sect2> + <title>Creative, Advance, and ESS Sound Cards</title> + + <para>If you have one of the above cards, you will need to + add</para> + + <programlisting>device pcm</programlisting> + + <para>to your kernel. If you have a PnP ISA card, you will also + need to add</para> + + <programlisting>device sbc</programlisting> + + <para>to your kernel. For a non-PnP ISA card, add</para> + + <programlisting>device pcm</programlisting> + + <para>and</para> + + <programlisting> +device sbc0 at isa? port0x220 irq 5 drq 1 flags 0x15</programlisting> + + <para>to your kernel. Those are the default settings. You may + need to change the IRQ, etc. See the &man.sbc.4; man page for + more information.</para> + + <note> + <para>The Sound Blaster Live is not supported under FreeBSD 4.0 + without a patch, which this document will not cover. It is + recommended that you update to the latest -STABLE before + trying to use this card.</para> + </note> + </sect2> + + <sect2> + <title>Gravis UltraSound Cards</title> + + <para>For a PnP ISA card, you will need to add</para> + + <programlisting>device pcm</programlisting> + + <para>and</para> + + <programlisting>device gusc</programlisting> + + <para>to your kernel. If you have a non-PnP ISA card, you will + need to add</para> + + <programlisting>device pcm</programlisting> + + <para>and</para> + + <programlisting> +device gus0 at isa? port 0x220 irq 5 drq 1 flags 0x13</programlisting> + + <para>to your kernel. You may need to change the IRQ, etc. See + the &man.gusc.4; man page for more information.</para> + </sect2> + + <sect2> + <title>Crystal Sound Cards</title> + + <para>For Crystal cards, you will need both</para> + + <programlisting>device pcm</programlisting> + + <para>and</para> + + <programlisting>device csa</programlisting> + + <para>in your kernel.</para> + </sect2> + + <sect2> + <title>Generic Support</title> + + <para>For PnP ISA or PCI cards, you will need to add</para> + + <programlisting>device pcm</programlisting> + + <para>to your kernel configuration. If you have a non-PnP ISA + sound card that does not have a bridge driver, you will need + to add</para> + + <programlisting> +device pcm0 at isa? irq 10 drq 1 flags 0x0</programlisting> + + <para>to your kernel configuration. You may need to change the + IRQ, etc., to match your hardware configuration.</para> + </sect2> + </sect1> + + <sect1> + <title>Recompiling the Kernel</title> + + <para>After adding the driver(s) you need to your kernel + configuration, you will need to recompile your kernel. Please see + the <xref linkend="kernelconfig-building"> of the handbook for + more information.</para> + </sect1> + + <sect1> + <title>Creating and Testing the Device Nodes</title> + + <para>After you reboot, log in and run <command>cat + /dev/sndstat</command>. You should see output similar to the + following:</para> + + <programlisting> +FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm) Sep 21 2000 18:29:53 +Installed devices: +pcm0: <Aureal Vortex 8830> at memory 0xfeb40000 irq 5 (4p/1r +channels duplex)</programlisting> + + <para>If you see an error message, something went wrong earlier. If + that happens, go through your kernel configuration file again and + make sure you chose the correct device.</para> + + <para>If it reported no errors and returned + <devicename>pcm0</devicename>, <command>su</command> to + <username>root</username> and do the following:</para> + + <screen> +&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /dev</userinput> +&prompt.root; <userinput>sh MAKEDEV snd0</userinput></screen> + + <para>If it reported no errors and returned + <devicename>pcm1</devicename>, <command>su</command> to + <username>root</username> and do the following:</para> + + <screen> +&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /dev</userinput> +&prompt.root; <userinput>sh MAKEDEV snd1</userinput></screen> + + <para>Please note that either of the above commands will + <emphasis>not</emphasis> create a + <devicename>/dev/snd</devicename> device! Instead it creates a + group of device nodes including:</para> + + <informaltable frame="none"> + <tgroup cols="2"> + <thead> + <row> + <entry>Device</entry> + <entry>Description</entry> + </row> + </thead> + + <tbody> + <row> + <entry><devicename>/dev/audio</devicename></entry> + <entry>SPARC-compatible audio device</entry> + </row> + + <row> + <entry><devicename>/dev/dsp</devicename></entry> + <entry>Digitized voice device</entry> + </row> + + <row> + <entry><devicename>/dev/dspW</devicename></entry> + <entry>Like <devicename>/dev/dsp</devicename>, but 16 bits + per sample</entry> + </row> + + <row> + <entry><devicename>/dev/midi</devicename></entry> + <entry>Raw midi access device</entry> + </row> + + <row> + <entry><devicename>/dev/mixer</devicename></entry> + <entry>Control port mixer device</entry> + </row> + + <row> + <entry><devicename>/dev/music</devicename></entry> + <entry>Level 2 sequencer interface</entry> + </row> + + <row> + <entry><devicename>/dev/sequencer</devicename></entry> + <entry>Sequencer device</entry> + </row> + + <row> + <entry><devicename>/dev/pss</devicename></entry> + <entry>Programmable device interface</entry> + </row> + </tbody> + </tgroup> + </informaltable> + + <para>If all goes well, you should now have a functioning sound + card. If you do not, see the next section.</para> + </sect1> + + <sect1> + <title>Common Problems</title> + + <qandaset> + <qandaentry> + <question> + <para>I get an unsupported subdevice XX error!</para> + </question> + + <answer> + <para>One or more of the device nodes wasn't created + correctly. Repeat the steps above.</para> + </answer> + </qandaentry> + + <qandaentry> + <question> + <para>I get a sb_dspwr(XX) timed out error!</para> + </question> + + <answer> + <para>The I/O port is not set correctly.</para> + </answer> + </qandaentry> + + <qandaentry> + <question> + <para>I get a bad irq XX error!</para> + </question> + + <answer> + <para>The IRQ is set incorrectly. Make sure that the set IRQ + and the sound IRQ are the same.</para> + </answer> + </qandaentry> + + <qandaentry> + <question> + <para>I get a "xxx: gus pcm not attached, out of memory" + error. What causes that?</para> + </question> + + <answer> + <para>If this happens, it is because there is not enough + available memory to use the device.</para> + </answer> + </qandaentry> + </qandaset> + </sect1> +</chapter> |