On board sound problem

[Elijah Plunkett]

dvelez502 at verizon.net wrote:

>Hi, I am using FreeBsd 5.1 
> 
>I read the handbook on adding a soundcard driver to the kernel. The 
>handbook says to add options PNPBIOS for on board soundcards. When I  
>was ready to build the kernel it stop instantly and complian it did 
>not regonize the PNPBIOS option. Below is an output from a previous 
>red hat installation about my soundcard. 
> 
>00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50) 
> 
>I appreciate your help. Thanks 
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Hi there!

you don't actually need that option as things in 5.1 are mostly done 
through kernel modules instead of hardwiring the drivers in the kernel.

So have you tried using "kldload snd_driver" after you have logged in? 
Or have you added a "snd_load_driver" line into loader.conf?

HTH
Elijah.