SoundBlaster 16 PnP ISA Card on 5.1

[Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P.]

Philippe Vachon wrote:

> Hey.
> I guess I was trying my best to avoid having to recompile the Kernel, 
> and stick with the stock kernel in 5.1. Are there any alternatives to 
> recompiling?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Phil V.
>
> Jorn Argelo wrote:
>
>> Do you have the following kernel options compiled in your kernel?
>>
>> device          pcm
>> device          sbc
>>
>> I believe you don't need a soundblaster kernel module then, but I am 
>> not sure.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Jorn
>>
>> On Friday 27 February 2004 17:41, Philippe Vachon wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> Hey Folks.
>>> I just subscribed to the list, but I've been using FreeBSD on and off
>>> for a few months now. There has, however, been one thing lacking 
>>> from my
>>> FreeBSD setup and that is the ability to play sound!
>>>
>>> I followed the directions in the handbook (namely adding the line to
>>> load the snd_ab16.ko kernel module to loader.conf) and adjusted the
>>> volume. The sound, when it does play, is compressed -- i.e. runs at 10
>>> times the speed it should. I can't even play any audio with XMMS.
>>>
>>> Anybody have any ideas? It's a Creative SoundBlaster 16 PnP ISA card
>>> (model CT4180), and it's in a PIII450 box with an ASUS P2BF 
>>> motherboard.
>>> Any help will be appreciated.
>>


There is a *long* list of loadable modules in
/boot/kernel/ ... check out the ones that have
snd* in the title.

Then, $man kldload.....

HTH,

Kevin Kinsey
DaleCo, S.P.