Subject: Re: Sound Card Trouble
To: Paul A Parkanzky <pparkanz@engin.umich.edu>
From: Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 02/10/2001 09:22:39
On Sat, 10 Feb 2001, Paul A Parkanzky wrote:

>   Alright, so I bought a windows sound system card on ebay because I knew
> it would work with my NetBSD and it was cheap.  I popped it in, changed
> the irq to 9 so it wouldn't conflict (on the board and in the config file)
> and I'm having problems.  For some reason when I try to play anything
> through it, it just clicks and buzzes the entire time.  Is there anything
> that might be wrong software-wise? I've changed the drq a couple times
> with no resulting change in the sound output. Does this sound like the
> card's broken?  thanks in advance for any help.

Tell us more:

What particular sound card?

How is it detected (dmesg)?

How do you play audio to it?

Also, you may find some helpful or applicable information in the wss(4)
and audio(4) manual pages.

   Jeremy C. Reed
   http://www.reedmedia.net/