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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 index 0a47a77442..fac0de747a 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/multimedia/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/multimedia/chapter.sgml @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ <!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project - $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/sound/chapter.sgml,v 1.17 2001/09/12 20:26:59 chern Exp $ + $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/sound/chapter.sgml,v 1.18 2001/09/12 21:50:21 chern Exp $ --> <chapter id="sound"> @@ -199,6 +199,16 @@ device csa</programlisting> the IRQ or the other settings to match your card.</para> </sect2> + + <sect2> + <title>Onboard Sound</title> + + <para>Some systems with built-in motherboard sound devices may + require the following option in your kernel + configuration:</para> + + <programlisting>options PNPBIOS</programlisting> + </sect2> </sect1> <sect1> @@ -214,36 +224,36 @@ device csa</programlisting> <title>Creating and Testing the Device Nodes</title> <indexterm><primary>device nodes</primary></indexterm> - <para>After you reboot, log in and run <command>cat - /dev/sndstat</command>. You should see output similar to the - following:</para> + <para>After you reboot, log in and run <command>dmesg | grep pcm</command> as shown + below:</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> + <screen>&prompt.root; dmesg | grep pcm +pcm0: <SB16 DSP 4.11> on sbc0</screen> - <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>The output from your system may look different. If no + <devicename>pcm</devicename> devices show up, something went wrong + earlier. If that happens, go through your kernel configuration + file again and make sure you chose the correct device. Consult + the troubleshooting section for additional options.</para> - <para>If it reported no errors and returned - <devicename>pcm0</devicename>, <command>su</command> to - <username>root</username> and do the following:</para> + <para>If the previous command returned <devicename>pcm0</devicename>, + you will have to run the following as root:</para> - <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /dev</userinput> -&prompt.root; <userinput>sh MAKEDEV snd0</userinput></screen> + <screen>&prompt.root; cd /dev +&prompt.root; sh MAKEDEV snd0</screen> - <para>If it reported no errors and returned - <devicename>pcm1</devicename>, <command>su</command> to - <username>root</username> and do the following:</para> + <para>If the command returned <devicename>pcm1</devicename>, + follow the same steps as shown above, replacing + <devicename>snd0</devicename> with + <devicename>snd1</devicename>.</para> - <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /dev</userinput> -&prompt.root; <userinput>sh MAKEDEV snd1</userinput></screen> + <note> + <para>The above commands will <emphasis>not</emphasis> create a + <devicename>/dev/snd</devicename> device!</para> + </note> - <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> + <para><command>MAKEDEV</command> will create a group of device + nodes, including:</para> <informaltable frame="none"> <tgroup cols="2"> |