O. Hartmann
2006-Nov-07 21:32 UTC
FreeBSD 6.2/AMD64: missing driver for SB Audigy SE / CA0106-DAT
The driver (OSS v4.0-rc-172) works, but need a push: startscript in /etc/rc.d/oss does not have the right access privileges set so oss_enable=YES fails at start. The execution permissin is not set. Bugs/features(?): Why is the whole stuff installing in /usr, /etc and not, as expected, /usr/local/? This should be changed. On my board (ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe AC97 Codec is disabled - but the OSS driver does still install also a ich.ko kernel module. Why? I want this AC97 crap go away. Regards, Oliver> Dear Sirs. > My FreeBSD 6.2-PRE/AMD64 box has been equipted with a PCI Soundblaster > Audigy SE soundcard. This soundcard unfortunately does utilize a chip > called CA0106-DAT as "pciconf -lv" reported. > I tried several snd_xxx driver found in most recent FreeBSD > 6.2-PRE/AMD64 stuff, but even snd_em10k1 doesn't work. So I googled > around and found ports/em10kx and tried this one - also with no success. > As I could then read in the README, my obtained soundcard especially > with the utilized chip isn't supported (yet?). > So I tried OSS, but this driver is a commercial third party driver and > therefore a bit suspicious in my opinion. By the way, the driver only > produces a ear-killing noise - no sound, nothing. > > Well, as I could see in many other forums around the net, the > SoundBlaster Audigy SE is a quite common soundcard and I would wonder if > it isn't supported by FreeBSD. Are there any efforts pointing to this issue? > I should have better read the exclusions on supported hardware, too late > I realized that the soundcard of my box has not an emu em10k1 chipset. > > Any comments are highly appreciated. > > Thanks in advance, > Oliver > > P.S. Please send eMail direcectly or in CC to my address as I'm not on > this list, thank you very much.Hi Folks, OSS v3.99.4c and OSS v4.0rc2-172 have the Audigy SE problems fixed. Go to http://www.opensound.com/test for the v4.0 drivers. > commercial third party driver and > therefore a bit suspicious in my opinion. So Nvidia closed source driver is not suspicious but 4Front's OSS is?. FYI, we've been in business since 1996 and not 1 complaint about our software being malicious has ever been filed! best regards Dev Mazumdar 4Front Technologies ----------------------------------------------------------- 4Front Technologies 4035 Lafayette Place, Unit F, Culver City, CA 90232, USA. Tel: (310) 202 8530 URL: www.opensound.com Fax: (310) 202 0496 Email: info@opensound.com -----------------------------------------------------------