[Newbie] [FreeBSD] Error while initializing the sound driver

kloss · 05-01-2005, 11:36 AM

Hello all

I installed FreeBSD today (I fast never used Unix/Linux OS before) and this was quite simple. But I still have a problem with my sound card. When KDE starts up, I see the following message box :

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Sound server informational message:
Error while initializing the sound driver:
device /dev/dsp can't be opened (No such file or directory)
The sound server will continue, using the null output device.

Indeed, I have no sound and no directory or file called dsp in the /dev/ directory. I tried to solve the problem myself by recompiling the kernel with "device pcm" but it did not work :

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Error: device "pcm" is unknown

I also tried with "device sound" and i could recomplie the kernel, but I have still the same error. I would like to copy-paste the lsmod result but when I type lsmod (with the root account) I just see :

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lsmod: Command not found.

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alsaconfig

returns also

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Command not found

I certainly missed something, but I do not know what.

NB : I installed FreeBSD Release 5.4 and during the installation, i did not select any packet (except kde and bash), so I have very few programs installed.

Thanks a lot for your help, I've searched a solution with google, but was unsuccessful.
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Kloss

kloss · 05-01-2005, 02:37 PM

I added snd_ich_load="YES" to the file /boot/loader.conf and it solved the problem -- I mean, I can hear mp3s, but the sound crunches.
But I really don't knwo why the lsmod command (among others) is not recognized...
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Kloss

wixil · 06-01-2005, 01:09 PM

Hi,
I tried this for FreeBSD 5.4 and it worked. Got my sound.

1. log on as root
2. cd /boot/defaults
3. vi loader.conf

move down to sound module

4. set snd_driver_load="YES"

5. Save and Restart your machine.