From phil at redbrick.dcu.ie Wed Jan 7 10:36:00 2004 From: phil at redbrick.dcu.ie (Philip Reynolds) Date: Tue Dec 7 16:44:15 2004 Subject: [BUGI] BUGI.IE Message-ID: <20040107103600.GH15799@carbon.redbrick.dcu.ie> Hey guys, well after a hectic last few months, I've finally got around to doing up a basic site at http://bugi.redbrick.dcu.ie/ Comments/Suggestions on the webpage are welcome and encouraged. I'm toying with the idea of trying to acquire bugi.ie from the IEDR. Is this something people think worthwhile? I'm aiming not to have to actually pay for the domain. What might be nice is a show of support from individuals/employees/organisations who are known to the IEDR such as HEAnet/Eircom/DIT/Esat. Also DNS from some of these well known operations might be of use as well. Please don't feel that because I've mentioned companies above, that I'm specifically targetting them, they're well-known and good examples of what I need. I'm not necessarily interested in becoming ILUG (with stands at shows and AGM's and all that), but it would be nice to have a small "community" and a presence for BSD users in Ireland, mostly represented by this list and the webpage. Please throw ideas, suggestions or otherwise at me, I'm all ears. Regards, Phil. P.S. If you plan on replying to me personally, I use TMDA on this personal account. That doesn't sit well with some people, so feel free to contact me at phil@rfc-networks.ie as well. -- Philip Reynolds RFC Networks tel: 01 8832063 www.rfc-networks.ie fax: 01 8832041 From fergus at cobbled.net Wed Jan 7 12:49:16 2004 From: fergus at cobbled.net (fergus) Date: Tue Dec 7 16:44:15 2004 Subject: [BUGI] BUGI.IE In-Reply-To: <20040107103600.GH15799@carbon.redbrick.dcu.ie> References: <20040107103600.GH15799@carbon.redbrick.dcu.ie> Message-ID: <20040107124916.GA2114@pooh.cobbled.net> On 07.01-10:36, Philip Reynolds wrote: [ snip ] > well after a hectic last few months, I've finally got around to > doing up a basic site at > > http://bugi.redbrick.dcu.ie/ good job - it's good to have something. > Comments/Suggestions on the webpage are welcome and encouraged. i would suggest that we simply harvest some tutorials for the mean time and if the conversation and community on this list build up we can look at targeting specifics. one idea i do have is specific tutorials on BSD internet connection options and configuration files for Ireland. i.e. we can produce an near zero setup for people wishing to get started. > I'm toying with the idea of trying to acquire bugi.ie from the IEDR. > Is this something people think worthwhile? I'm aiming not to have to > actually pay for the domain. What might be nice is a show of support > from individuals/employees/organisations who are known to the IEDR > such as HEAnet/Eircom/DIT/Esat. Also DNS from some of these > well known operations might be of use as well. > > Please don't feel that because I've mentioned companies above, that > I'm specifically targetting them, they're well-known and good > examples of what I need. i don't see the cost being a great issue - the issue would be ownership. no offence. .. or perhaps i'm just pinching. either way - i think it is necessary for the future if more is to happen around BSD. > I'm not necessarily interested in becoming ILUG (with stands at > shows and AGM's and all that), but it would be nice to have a small > "community" and a presence for BSD users in Ireland, mostly > represented by this list and the webpage. t-would. i don't have an objection to the ILUG format but i would suggest we're a long way from that just now. > Please throw ideas, suggestions or otherwise at me, I'm all ears. primarily, we need a meeting. -- : fergus cameron : [ .] cobbled : : ^^^^^^@cobbled.net : [ ~][ ] .net : From phil at redbrick.dcu.ie Wed Jan 7 13:44:31 2004 From: phil at redbrick.dcu.ie (Philip Reynolds) Date: Tue Dec 7 16:44:15 2004 Subject: [BUGI] BUGI.IE In-Reply-To: <20040107124916.GA2114@pooh.cobbled.net> References: <20040107103600.GH15799@carbon.redbrick.dcu.ie> <20040107124916.GA2114@pooh.cobbled.net> Message-ID: <20040107134431.GB27002@carbon.redbrick.dcu.ie> Fergus, fergus's [fergus@cobbled.net] 0 lines of wisdom included: > one idea i do have is specific tutorials on BSD > internet connection options and configuration > files for Ireland. > i.e. we can produce an near zero setup for people > wishing to get started. That's the kind of information that's particularly useful and certainly biased towards an Irish readership. IIRC, ILUG used to (and maybe still does?) have something similar, for Linux users. > i don't see the cost being a great issue - the > issue would be ownership. no offence. > > .. or perhaps i'm just pinching. > > either way - i think it is necessary for the > future if more is to happen around BSD. No offence taken, I don't want ownership of the domain as much as other people wouldn't want me to have it. I don't think the ownership of the domain is a problem. Someone has to register it however, but we can enter separate names for the admin-c and tech-c of the domain. Having the fee waived isn't simply about the measly 120 euros it costs (I'm sure most people working full-time could easily afford that), it's to stop the billing contact having to collect money annually. Not only is this hassle, who says who has to pay? What happens if more than the fee euros is contributed? What happens if not enough? Once you bring money into the equation, things can start to get messy, especially considering the fact that we don't have a committee (and hence a bank account or treasurer). I don't forsee a committee in the near future and I think that at this early stage forming one would be fruitless, IMHO. > t-would. i don't have an objection to the ILUG > format but i would suggest we're a long way from > that just now. > primarily, we need a meeting. Precisely (on both points) Regards, -- Philip Reynolds RFC Networks tel: 01 8832063 www.rfc-networks.ie fax: 01 8832041 From insom at iol.ie Wed Jan 7 14:50:28 2004 From: insom at iol.ie (Aaron Brady) Date: Tue Dec 7 16:44:15 2004 Subject: [BUGI] BUGI.IE In-Reply-To: <20040107134431.GB27002@carbon.redbrick.dcu.ie> References: <20040107103600.GH15799@carbon.redbrick.dcu.ie> <20040107124916.GA2114@pooh.cobbled.net> <20040107134431.GB27002@carbon.redbrick.dcu.ie> Message-ID: > Having the fee waived isn't simply about the measly 120 euros it > costs (I'm sure most people working full-time could easily afford > that), it's to stop the billing contact having to collect money > annually. Not only is this hassle, who says who has to pay? What > happens if more than the fee euros is contributed? What happens if > not enough? > > Once you bring money into the equation, things can start to get > messy, especially considering the fact that we don't have a > committee (and hence a bank account or treasurer). I don't forsee a > committee in the near future and I think that at this early stage > forming one would be fruitless, IMHO. As an aside, darklite.ie are much cheaper for .ie registrations. I use them & recommend them often. Good luck with a free .ie, however. IIRC Niall Murphy was involved in ILUG when it was still tiny, and as a former hostmaster I believe he got some strings pulled. They still needed a dispensation from Linus, though. You will need *something* official to get a .ie. Companies need a cert from the CRO and/or solicitor. I believe non-profits need to have a charter and a board. The two major advantages I see to being in the .ie namespace are: Genuine Irish recognition: Looks more legitimate, because .ie's are harder to get. Being in DCU's namespace looks more legitimate still, IMHO. Assuming that they would have no objections to their name being used alongside. Local Search: .ie's appear in Google Ireland & UK. Both of which are served by having a subdomain from RB. Aaron -- "It's impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious." -- Murphy's 11th Law From info at thelinuxmall.com Mon Jan 19 14:43:12 2004 From: info at thelinuxmall.com (thelinuxmall) Date: Tue Dec 7 16:44:15 2004 Subject: [BUGI] BUGI.IE Message-ID: <004901c3dea0$b712c4a0$1301a8c0@alpha> Hi All Great to see activity on the bugi list again even better to see the site starting off well done. A compatible hardware list built from existing user input and hardware config experiences from members might be something worth considering. Modem config issues make up 75% of all support calls we get re BSD. Another is the publication of the handbook I know that it is available with the releases but for people new to BSD it may not be apparent also with user input over time a localised version might be built up. One other section which is available on linux.ie is an alternative to win/ms application page again another good tool for anyone new to and considering using BSD. All the best Joe -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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From ken at sportsmail.ac Wed Jan 7 16:23:11 2004 From: ken at sportsmail.ac (Ken Gilmour) Date: Tue Dec 7 16:44:15 2004 Subject: [BUGI] BUGI.IE In-Reply-To: <004901c3dea0$b712c4a0$1301a8c0@alpha> References: <004901c3dea0$b712c4a0$1301a8c0@alpha> Message-ID: <1073492593.18667.1461.camel@Sysop-05> On Mon, 2004-01-19 at 14:43, thelinuxmall wrote: > Hi All > > Great to see activity on the bugi list again even better to see the site starting off well done. Hmm am i reading correctly that www.bugi.ie is a site for this list? I can't seem to reach the site or resolve the name. Thanks Ken From bobb+bugi at redbrick.dcu.ie Thu Jan 8 12:30:04 2004 From: bobb+bugi at redbrick.dcu.ie (Robert bobb Crosbie) Date: Tue Dec 7 16:44:15 2004 Subject: [BUGI] BUGI.IE In-Reply-To: <1073492593.18667.1461.camel@Sysop-05> References: <004901c3dea0$b712c4a0$1301a8c0@alpha> <1073492593.18667.1461.camel@Sysop-05> Message-ID: <20040108123004.GA3636@carbon.redbrick.dcu.ie> Ken Gilmour hath declared on Wednesday the 07 day of January 2004 :-: > On Mon, 2004-01-19 at 14:43, thelinuxmall wrote: > > Hi All > > > > Great to see activity on the bugi list again even better to see the site starting off well done. > > Hmm am i reading correctly that www.bugi.ie is a site for this list? I > can't seem to reach the site or resolve the name. Not yet... we were just discussing weather or not to try and get the bugi.ie domain, the site is available at http://bugi.redbrick.dcu.ie/ at the moment. - bobb -- Mr. Rogers could explain shoe-tying and make it seem like the coolest thing in the world. He was our Uncle and older brother. He told us we were special, and we knew he'd be there for us. A cult leader, right down to the sneakers. From ken at playersonly.com Thu Jan 8 12:34:53 2004 From: ken at playersonly.com (Ken Gilmour) Date: Tue Dec 7 16:44:15 2004 Subject: [BUGI] BUGI.IE In-Reply-To: <20040108123004.GA3636@carbon.redbrick.dcu.ie> Message-ID: <200418123453.909065@gibson> On Thu, 8 Jan 2004 12:30:04 +0000, Robert bobb Crosbie wrote: > Not yet... we were just discussing weather or not to try and get the > bugi.ie domain, the site is available at > http://bugi.redbrick.dcu.ie/ > at the moment. > > > - bobb Cool thanks :) From jev at emmplus.ie Fri Jan 9 16:34:07 2004 From: jev at emmplus.ie (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22Emil_J=2EV=2E_Bj=F6rsell=22?=) Date: Tue Dec 7 16:44:15 2004 Subject: [BUGI] Sun Blade 100 workstation for sale. Message-ID: <3FFED7FF.4060704@emmplus.ie> Includes Sun 17" monitor, Sun Extended UNIX Keyboard (UK Locale), Sun 3 button mouse. All in original boxes. Also included, Solaris 8 media kit, all manuals, and latest release of Solaris 9 CD's 500Mhz Ultra SparcII CPU 40 GB harddisk 640 MB RAM (1x128 and 1x512 sim, both original SUN RAM, not OEM). Immaculate condition. Picture available on request. EUR 1100 ono Reason for sale; I'm moving country. -Emil PS, also for sale but unrelated to tech stuff; A VW Golf van 2002 26K miles full service history 100bhp TD (the red D & I version) Montreal alloys, Jazz Blue, all electrics. immac condition. EUR18500 No offers. From alan at portmarnockwan.net Sun Jan 11 15:45:49 2004 From: alan at portmarnockwan.net (Alan Neville) Date: Tue Dec 7 16:44:15 2004 Subject: [BUGI] Future Plans Message-ID: <007401c3d859$fd242800$0201a8c0@portmarnockwan.net> Howdy; Just to ask, what are (if any) the future plans for the BUGI? I am willing to help out on the site, or write tutorials or whatever else. I've been waiting for this group to get back on its feet for awhile! Regards, Alan Neville -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.redbrick.dcu.ie/pipermail/bugi/attachments/20040111/9e059c2e/attachment.html From alan at portmarnockwan.net Sun Jan 11 15:53:25 2004 From: alan at portmarnockwan.net (Alan Neville) Date: Tue Dec 7 16:44:15 2004 Subject: [BUGI] quick note Message-ID: <008801c3d85b$0ca26a20$0201a8c0@portmarnockwan.net> Just a quick note, I think we should add more sections to the site such as, Events, The History of BSD, Projects and perhaps a Developers kit providing information on UNIX programming for the FreeBSD architecture with revellent links etc. Any thoughts or comments are welcome. Alan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.redbrick.dcu.ie/pipermail/bugi/attachments/20040111/7b6abea5/attachment.html From phil at redbrick.dcu.ie Sun Jan 11 18:17:39 2004 From: phil at redbrick.dcu.ie (Philip Reynolds) Date: Tue Dec 7 16:44:15 2004 Subject: [BUGI] quick note In-Reply-To: <008801c3d85b$0ca26a20$0201a8c0@portmarnockwan.net> References: <008801c3d85b$0ca26a20$0201a8c0@portmarnockwan.net> Message-ID: <20040111181739.GA31511@carbon.redbrick.dcu.ie> Alan Neville's [alan@portmarnockwan.net] reply on Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 03:53:25PM -0000 included: > Just a quick note, I think we should add more sections to the site > such as, Events, The History of BSD, Projects and perhaps a > Developers kit providing information on UNIX programming for the > FreeBSD architecture with revellent links etc. Hi Alan, I'm personally quite busy at the moment and I hope to be back on my feet and doing some more work after next weekend (the 19th onwards). I like the above ideas. I would think "The History of BSD" would be a subsection of 'About' and the Projects/Developers kit information would be a subsection of 'Help'. What do you think? Just a quick note that the group isn't specifically about FreeBSD either, although I would imagine that most people here are working with either FreeBSD, OpenBSD or NetBSD. If you want to write tutorials, or have any content for the site, please e-mail it to me (preferably in plain text format). There's not much point duplicating content that's already out there on the web, so before you decide to write something, it would be a good idea to check that what you're writing is beneficial. Either that particular subject hasn't been written about, or whatever's out there is out-of-date or maybe incomplete. Especially for FreeBSD, just double check that it's not in any of the handbooks, they're growing by the month. This isn't directed at you in particular, just anyone who decides to write content for the site. Also please spell check any content that comes to me. I'm sure you can understand I don't want to spend time, actually rewriting any content that comes my way. It might be preferable to leave out an 'Events' section until we actually have content to put in there, i.e. an event :) One or two people have suggested meeting up and I think that would be a great way to flesh out ideas. I want to get a bit more work done before we do that, but I do expect to try and get a meeting organised in the short-medium term, if the interest is there. Until we actually get some sort of semi-regular meeting schedule up, I don't think there's much of a point in having a near empty events section. Feel free to disagree with me.. Regards, -- Philip Reynolds RFC Networks tel: 01 8832063 www.rfc-networks.ie fax: 01 8832041 From lhecking at nmrc.ie Mon Jan 12 09:20:55 2004 From: lhecking at nmrc.ie (Lars Hecking) Date: Tue Dec 7 16:44:15 2004 Subject: [BUGI] quick note In-Reply-To: <008801c3d85b$0ca26a20$0201a8c0@portmarnockwan.net> References: <008801c3d85b$0ca26a20$0201a8c0@portmarnockwan.net> Message-ID: <20040112092055.GA26578@nmrc.ie> Alan Neville writes: > [...] Can people kindly refrain from posting html crap here. Or, alternatively, can this list be set up to be scrubbed by demime or similar. Thank you. From bobb+bugi at redbrick.dcu.ie Mon Jan 12 10:28:42 2004 From: bobb+bugi at redbrick.dcu.ie (Robert bobb Crosbie) Date: Tue Dec 7 16:44:16 2004 Subject: [BUGI] quick note In-Reply-To: <20040112092055.GA26578@nmrc.ie> References: <008801c3d85b$0ca26a20$0201a8c0@portmarnockwan.net> <20040112092055.GA26578@nmrc.ie> Message-ID: <20040112102842.GB9890@carbon.redbrick.dcu.ie> Lars Hecking hath declared on Monday the 12 day of January 2004 :-: > Alan Neville writes: > > > [...] > > Can people kindly refrain from posting html crap here. Ooh, I didn't even notice, mutt just showed me the text version... > Or, alternatively, > can this list be set up to be scrubbed by demime or similar. Perhaps... Although I'm not familar with using such things, there is the builtin feature in mailman 2.1, have people used it before and found it to work successfully ? - bobB -- Mr. Rogers could explain shoe-tying and make it seem like the coolest thing in the world. He was our Uncle and older brother. He told us we were special, and we knew he'd be there for us. A cult leader, right down to the sneakers. From ken at sportsmail.ac Wed Jan 28 17:19:43 2004 From: ken at sportsmail.ac (Ken Gilmour) Date: Tue Dec 7 16:44:16 2004 Subject: [BUGI] Sound Card Config Message-ID: <1075310384.3844.17.camel@Sysop-05> Hello there! I recently installed FreeBSD on my NEC FM320 Laptop. Everything seems to be working fine on it except my sound card. First of all NEC are brutal in the sense that they tell you what they think the machine is capable of and not what exact hardware it has... The only information i could find about my sound card was on their "config and buy" page which stated that it was an Analog Devices AD1981A onboard Chip. Being a long-time Debian user I'm not familiar with the commands on FreeBSD. The best i could find was to do the following: type the command kldload snd_emu10k1.ko or add snd_emu10k1_load="YES" to /boot/loader.conf None of this seems to have worked. Is there anything that you would suggest i do to install the card? What other commands are there? Is there an automatic probing feature such as the one that probes for video cards? Help is much appreciated. Thanks Ken From phil at redbrick.dcu.ie Wed Jan 28 21:04:24 2004 From: phil at redbrick.dcu.ie (Philip Reynolds) Date: Tue Dec 7 16:44:16 2004 Subject: [BUGI] Sound Card Config In-Reply-To: <1075310384.3844.17.camel@Sysop-05> References: <1075310384.3844.17.camel@Sysop-05> Message-ID: <20040128210423.GA21168@carbon.redbrick.dcu.ie> Ken Gilmour's [ken@sportsmail.ac] reply on Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 05:19:43PM +0000 included: > I recently installed FreeBSD on my NEC FM320 Laptop. Everything seems to > be working fine on it except my sound card. > > First of all NEC are brutal in the sense that they tell you what they > think the machine is capable of and not what exact hardware it has... > The only information i could find about my sound card was on their > "config and buy" page which stated that it was an Analog Devices AD1981A > onboard Chip. > > Being a long-time Debian user I'm not familiar with the commands on > FreeBSD. The best i could find was to do the following: > > type the command kldload snd_emu10k1.ko > or > add snd_emu10k1_load="YES" to /boot/loader.conf First, output of: pciconf -v -l In fact, the following should give a shorter (more relevant) output: pciconf -v -l | grep -B4 "subclass = audio" Most of the sound cards I've used are compatible with the pcm(4) driver. It's not included (not AFAIK) in the GENERIC kernel. To load it, try: kldload snd_pcm It's all speculation, until we can see your pciconf output anyways. -- Philip Reynolds RFC Networks tel: 01 8832063 www.rfc-networks.ie fax: 01 8832041 From ken at playersonly.com Wed Jan 28 21:24:32 2004 From: ken at playersonly.com (Ken Gilmour) Date: Tue Dec 7 16:44:16 2004 Subject: [BUGI] Sound Card Config In-Reply-To: <20040128210423.GA21168@carbon.redbrick.dcu.ie> Message-ID: Hi Philip On 28-Jan-2004 Philip Reynolds wrote: > > First, output of: > > pciconf -v -l > > In fact, the following should give a shorter (more relevant) output: > > pciconf -v -l | grep -B4 "subclass = audio" > > > > Most of the sound cards I've used are compatible with the pcm(4) > driver. It's not included (not AFAIK) in the GENERIC kernel. > > To load it, try: > > kldload snd_pcm > > It's all speculation, until we can see your pciconf output anyways. Here is what you requested: $ pciconf -v -l | grep -B4 "subclass = audio" pciconf: /dev/pci: Permission denied $ su - Password: sysop-08# pciconf -v -l | grep -B4 "subclass = audio" none1@pci0:4:0: class=0x040100 card=0x81981033 chip=0x545110b9 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Acer Labs Incorporated (ALi)' device = 'ALI M5451 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device' class = multimedia subclass = audio sysop-08# kldload snd_pcm kldload: can't load snd_pcm: File exists sysop-08# Thanks for your help! Ken From phil at redbrick.dcu.ie Wed Jan 28 21:44:32 2004 From: phil at redbrick.dcu.ie (Philip Reynolds) Date: Tue Dec 7 16:44:16 2004 Subject: [BUGI] Sound Card Config In-Reply-To: References: <20040128210423.GA21168@carbon.redbrick.dcu.ie> Message-ID: <20040128214432.GC21168@carbon.redbrick.dcu.ie> Ken Gilmour's [ken@playersonly.com] reply on Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 09:24:32PM -0000 included: > $ pciconf -v -l | grep -B4 "subclass = audio" > pciconf: /dev/pci: Permission denied > $ su - > Password: > sysop-08# pciconf -v -l | grep -B4 "subclass = audio" > none1@pci0:4:0: class=0x040100 card=0x81981033 chip=0x545110b9 > rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Acer Labs Incorporated (ALi)' > device = 'ALI M5451 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device' > class = multimedia > subclass = audio OK, can I have the output of dmesg | grep pcm > sysop-08# kldload snd_pcm > kldload: can't load snd_pcm: File exists > sysop-08# This would indicate that either the module is already loaded, or it's compiled into the kernel. It's very likely your card isn't supported by FreeBSD. -- Philip Reynolds RFC Networks tel: 01 8832063 www.rfc-networks.ie fax: 01 8832041 From phil at redbrick.dcu.ie Wed Jan 28 21:47:31 2004 From: phil at redbrick.dcu.ie (Philip Reynolds) Date: Tue Dec 7 16:44:16 2004 Subject: [BUGI] Sound Card Config In-Reply-To: <20040128214432.GC21168@carbon.redbrick.dcu.ie> References: <20040128210423.GA21168@carbon.redbrick.dcu.ie> <20040128214432.GC21168@carbon.redbrick.dcu.ie> Message-ID: <20040128214731.GD21168@carbon.redbrick.dcu.ie> Philip Reynolds's [phil@redbrick.dcu.ie] reply on Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 09:44:32PM +0000 included: > It's very likely your card isn't supported by FreeBSD. OK, did a quick Google after mailing (perhaps should have done it before ;)) http://home.att.ne.jp/delta/athlete/m5451_e.html FYI, the second option (building as an LKM) is going to take you far less time to test. HTH, -- Philip Reynolds RFC Networks tel: 01 8832063 www.rfc-networks.ie fax: 01 8832041 From ken at playersonly.com Wed Jan 28 22:01:40 2004 From: ken at playersonly.com (Ken Gilmour) Date: Tue Dec 7 16:44:16 2004 Subject: [BUGI] Sound Card Config In-Reply-To: <20040128214731.GD21168@carbon.redbrick.dcu.ie> Message-ID: On 28-Jan-2004 Philip Reynolds wrote: > http://home.att.ne.jp/delta/athlete/m5451_e.html Thanks Philip. I just discovered this before i got your reply :) I will contact you if i cant get it to work.. going home for now :) Thanks for your help Ken From lbedford at lbedford.org Wed Jan 28 17:31:20 2004 From: lbedford at lbedford.org (Liam Bedford) Date: Tue Dec 7 16:44:16 2004 Subject: [BUGI] Sound Card Config In-Reply-To: <1075310384.3844.17.camel@Sysop-05> References: <1075310384.3844.17.camel@Sysop-05> Message-ID: <4017F1E8.603@lbedford.org> Ken Gilmour wrote: >Hello there! > >I recently installed FreeBSD on my NEC FM320 Laptop. Everything seems to >be working fine on it except my sound card. > >First of all NEC are brutal in the sense that they tell you what they >think the machine is capable of and not what exact hardware it has... >The only information i could find about my sound card was on their >"config and buy" page which stated that it was an Analog Devices AD1981A >onboard Chip. > >Being a long-time Debian user I'm not familiar with the commands on >FreeBSD. The best i could find was to do the following: > >type the command kldload snd_emu10k1.ko >or >add snd_emu10k1_load="YES" to /boot/loader.conf > >None of this seems to have worked. Is there anything that you would >suggest i do to install the card? What other commands are there? Is >there an automatic probing feature such as the one that probes for video >cards? > > > most likely it's kldload pcm IIRC that will load the right one. You need to find out what's in it though.. (the sound card drivers are in /boot/kernel/snd_*.ko) Maybe looking for dmesg and see what's there.. what processor etc does it have? L.