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* Include correct instructions to create sound device nodes
 * Mention 'options PNPBIOS' for onboard sound

Partially Submitted by: Gerald Pfeifer <pfeifer@dbai.tuwien.ac.at>
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<chapter id="sound"> <chapter id="sound">
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the IRQ or the other settings to match your card.</para> the IRQ or the other settings to match your card.</para>
</sect2> </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>
<sect1> <sect1>
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<title>Creating and Testing the Device Nodes</title> <title>Creating and Testing the Device Nodes</title>
<indexterm><primary>device nodes</primary></indexterm> <indexterm><primary>device nodes</primary></indexterm>
<para>After you reboot, log in and run <command>cat <para>After you reboot, log in and run <command>dmesg | grep pcm</command> as shown
/dev/sndstat</command>. You should see output similar to the below:</para>
following:</para>
<programlisting>FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm) Sep 21 2000 18:29:53 <screen>&prompt.root; dmesg | grep pcm
Installed devices: pcm0: &lt;SB16 DSP 4.11&gt; on sbc0</screen>
pcm0: &lt;Aureal Vortex 8830&gt; at memory 0xfeb40000 irq 5 (4p/1r +channels duplex)</programlisting>
<para>If you see an error message, something went wrong earlier. If <para>The output from your system may look different. If no
that happens, go through your kernel configuration file again and <devicename>pcm</devicename> devices show up, something went wrong
make sure you chose the correct device.</para> 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 <para>If the previous command returned <devicename>pcm0</devicename>,
<devicename>pcm0</devicename>, <command>su</command> to you will have to run the following as root:</para>
<username>root</username> and do the following:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /dev</userinput> <screen>&prompt.root; cd /dev
&prompt.root; <userinput>sh MAKEDEV snd0</userinput></screen> &prompt.root; sh MAKEDEV snd0</screen>
<para>If it reported no errors and returned <para>If the command returned <devicename>pcm1</devicename>,
<devicename>pcm1</devicename>, <command>su</command> to follow the same steps as shown above, replacing
<username>root</username> and do the following:</para> <devicename>snd0</devicename> with
<devicename>snd1</devicename>.</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /dev</userinput> <note>
&prompt.root; <userinput>sh MAKEDEV snd1</userinput></screen> <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 <para><command>MAKEDEV</command> will create a group of device
<emphasis>not</emphasis> create a nodes, including:</para>
<devicename>/dev/snd</devicename> device! Instead it creates a
group of device nodes including:</para>
<informaltable frame="none"> <informaltable frame="none">
<tgroup cols="2"> <tgroup cols="2">

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<chapter id="sound"> <chapter id="sound">
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the IRQ or the other settings to match your card.</para> the IRQ or the other settings to match your card.</para>
</sect2> </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>
<sect1> <sect1>
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<title>Creating and Testing the Device Nodes</title> <title>Creating and Testing the Device Nodes</title>
<indexterm><primary>device nodes</primary></indexterm> <indexterm><primary>device nodes</primary></indexterm>
<para>After you reboot, log in and run <command>cat <para>After you reboot, log in and run <command>dmesg | grep pcm</command> as shown
/dev/sndstat</command>. You should see output similar to the below:</para>
following:</para>
<programlisting>FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm) Sep 21 2000 18:29:53 <screen>&prompt.root; dmesg | grep pcm
Installed devices: pcm0: &lt;SB16 DSP 4.11&gt; on sbc0</screen>
pcm0: &lt;Aureal Vortex 8830&gt; at memory 0xfeb40000 irq 5 (4p/1r +channels duplex)</programlisting>
<para>If you see an error message, something went wrong earlier. If <para>The output from your system may look different. If no
that happens, go through your kernel configuration file again and <devicename>pcm</devicename> devices show up, something went wrong
make sure you chose the correct device.</para> 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 <para>If the previous command returned <devicename>pcm0</devicename>,
<devicename>pcm0</devicename>, <command>su</command> to you will have to run the following as root:</para>
<username>root</username> and do the following:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /dev</userinput> <screen>&prompt.root; cd /dev
&prompt.root; <userinput>sh MAKEDEV snd0</userinput></screen> &prompt.root; sh MAKEDEV snd0</screen>
<para>If it reported no errors and returned <para>If the command returned <devicename>pcm1</devicename>,
<devicename>pcm1</devicename>, <command>su</command> to follow the same steps as shown above, replacing
<username>root</username> and do the following:</para> <devicename>snd0</devicename> with
<devicename>snd1</devicename>.</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /dev</userinput> <note>
&prompt.root; <userinput>sh MAKEDEV snd1</userinput></screen> <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 <para><command>MAKEDEV</command> will create a group of device
<emphasis>not</emphasis> create a nodes, including:</para>
<devicename>/dev/snd</devicename> device! Instead it creates a
group of device nodes including:</para>
<informaltable frame="none"> <informaltable frame="none">
<tgroup cols="2"> <tgroup cols="2">