Open Sound System on FreeBSD 6 RC1

On 10/24/05, Nick J. Date <nick.dateukonline.co.uk> wrote:
> Hiya!
>
> I've just "upgraded" my FreeBSD installation
from 5.4-RELEASE to
> 6.0-RC1. With 5.4 I learnt that my sound card
(SoundBlaster Live!
> 24-bit) wasn't supported by the drivers that come with
FreeBSD, so I was
> using the free version of the Open Sound System
(www.opensound.com)
> drivers.
>
> On installing 6.0-RC1, I didn't want to take any
chances so I downloaded
> the OSS drivers again (selecting 6.0-RC1 as my
operating system this
> time). The installation and sound tests completed fine
and I could hear
> music being played. However, although the driver now
loads on startup,
> it doesn't load any sort of mixer support and the
device /dev/mixer
> doesn't exist. Even attempting to load OSS's own mixer
software reports
> that /dev/mixer is non-existant. A re-install doesn't
help and I can't
> find any option in the set up program that might make
the mixer work.
>
> Has anyone else had a similar problem, and if so does
anyone know of a
> solution?
>
> Anyway, if anyone could give me a hand or point me in
the right
> direction it would be highly appreciated.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Nick.
>
> --
> Nick Date
> Bath, England, UK
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On 10/24/05, Andrew P. <infofarmergmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/24/05, Nick J. Date <nick.dateukonline.co.uk> wrote:
> > Hiya!
> >
> > I've just "upgraded" my FreeBSD
installation from 5.4-RELEASE to
> > 6.0-RC1. With 5.4 I learnt that my sound card
(SoundBlaster Live!
> > 24-bit) wasn't supported by the drivers that come
with FreeBSD, so I was
> > using the free version of the Open Sound System
(www.opensound.com)
> > drivers.
> >
> > On installing 6.0-RC1, I didn't want to take any
chances so I downloaded
> > the OSS drivers again (selecting 6.0-RC1 as my
operating system this
> > time). The installation and sound tests completed
fine and I could hear
> > music being played. However, although the driver
now loads on startup,
> > it doesn't load any sort of mixer support and the
device /dev/mixer
> > doesn't exist. Even attempting to load OSS's own
mixer software reports
> > that /dev/mixer is non-existant. A re-install
doesn't help and I can't
> > find any option in the set up program that might
make the mixer work.
> >
> > Has anyone else had a similar problem, and if so
does anyone know of a
> > solution?
> >
> > Anyway, if anyone could give me a hand or point me
in the right
> > direction it would be highly appreciated.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Nick.
> >
> > --
> > Nick Date
> > Bath, England, UK
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> 
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>

Actually, apart from editing devfs.conf as per my
advice in the topic, I've got a startup script,
/root/oss.sh, containing these:

#!/bin/sh
/usr/local/lib/oss/bin/soundon
/etc/rc.d/devfs restart

and a line in /etc/crontab:
reboot   root    sleep 30 && /root/oss.sh

I am thinking about writing a port, but still only
thinking.
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Hi Andrew!

Many thanks! I'm trying that now!

Regards,

Nick.

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Nick Date
Bath, England, UK

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> Sent: 24 October 2005 15:32
> To: Nick J. Date
> Cc: freebsd-questionsfreebsd.org
> Subject: Re: Open Sound System on FreeBSD 6 RC1
> 
> 
> On 10/24/05, Andrew P. <infofarmergmail.com> wrote:
> > On 10/24/05, Nick J. Date <nick.dateukonline.co.uk> wrote:
> > > Hiya!
> > >
> > > I've just "upgraded" my FreeBSD
installation from 5.4-RELEASE to 
> > > 6.0-RC1. With 5.4 I learnt that my sound card
(SoundBlaster Live!
> > > 24-bit) wasn't supported by the drivers that
come with 
> FreeBSD, so I 
> > > was using the free version of the Open Sound
System 
> > > (www.opensound.com) drivers.
> > >
> > > On installing 6.0-RC1, I didn't want to take
any chances so I 
> > > downloaded the OSS drivers again (selecting
6.0-RC1 as my 
> operating 
> > > system this time). The installation and sound
tests 
> completed fine 
> > > and I could hear music being played. However,
although the driver 
> > > now loads on startup, it doesn't load any
sort of mixer 
> support and 
> > > the device /dev/mixer doesn't exist. Even
attempting to 
> load OSS's 
> > > own mixer software reports that /dev/mixer is
non-existant. A 
> > > re-install doesn't help and I can't find any
option in the set up 
> > > program that might make the mixer work.
> > >
> > > Has anyone else had a similar problem, and if
so does 
> anyone know of 
> > > a solution?
> > >
> > > Anyway, if anyone could give me a hand or
point me in the right 
> > > direction it would be highly appreciated.
> > >
> > > Kind regards,
> > >
> > > Nick.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Nick Date
> > > Bath, England, UK
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> >
> 
> Actually, apart from editing devfs.conf as per my
> advice in the topic, I've got a startup script,
> /root/oss.sh, containing these:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> /usr/local/lib/oss/bin/soundon
> /etc/rc.d/devfs restart
> 
> and a line in /etc/crontab:
> reboot   root    sleep 30 && /root/oss.sh
> 
> I am thinking about writing a port, but still only
> thinking.
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