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From: Phil <phil.addy@bradford.gov.uk>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Continuous re-installations for FreeBSD novices
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>Number:         60252
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       Continuous re-installations for FreeBSD novices
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Dec 15 03:10:13 PST 2003
>Closed-Date:    Fri May 28 14:01:46 PDT 2004
>Last-Modified:  Fri May 28 14:01:46 PDT 2004
>Originator:     Phil
>Release:        4.7
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
Why not mention, prior to installation, that to get the sound card working you're gonna have to rebuild the whole kernel at some stage, and therefore you will have to install all the sources necessary to do this? Also, why not just add a couple of simple lines (such as device pcm) to the GENERIC kernel to try and pick up most of the common sound cards in order to avoid all this agony?
Most newcomers to FreeBSD (like me) will be put off, and annoyed, by finding out about things "after the event" as it where, simply because the documentation did not explain things clearly, simply or fully prior to installation. Hence, numerous re-installations as the next problem is found out about later on.
>How-To-Repeat:
Continue as current.
>Fix:
A sentence in the initial Standard Installation screen, or in the "canned" packages selection help screen during installation.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:

From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net>
To: Phil <phil.addy@bradford.gov.uk>
Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: docs/60252: Continuous re-installations for FreeBSD novices
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 13:21:53 +0200

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 On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 03:01:48AM -0800, Phil wrote:
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 > >Number:         60252
 > >Category:       docs
 > >Synopsis:       Continuous re-installations for FreeBSD novices
 > >Originator:     Phil
 > >Release:        4.7
 > >Description:
 >
 > Why not mention, prior to installation, that to get the sound card
 > working you're gonna have to rebuild the whole kernel at some stage,
 > and therefore you will have to install all the sources necessary to do
 > this? Also, why not just add a couple of simple lines (such as device
 > pcm) to the GENERIC kernel to try and pick up most of the common sound
 > cards in order to avoid all this agony?
 
 The pcm driver, as well as all drivers dependent on it, is already
 available as a module in the /modules directory (/boot/kernel on
 -CURRENT) after the installation, as well as after any full
 buildkernel/installkernel cycle.  I have rarely had problems with just
 loading the driver for the sound card as a module; if you still keep the
 original kernel.generic from the installation, could you try booting
 into it and then 'kldload snd_xxxxx', your respective soundcard driver?
 
 If this works, you could also add the following lines (or equivalent, if
 you are not using the ich driver) to your /boot/loader.conf file:
 
 # Get the sound up and running
 snd_ich_load=3D"YES"
 snd_ich_name=3D"snd_ich"
 
 G'luck,
 Peter
 
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From: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net>
To: Phil <phil.addy@bradford.gov.uk>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: docs/60252: Continuous re-installations for FreeBSD novices
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 11:32:08 +0000

 You can just "kldload snd"; it isn't necessary to rebuild the kernel.
 
 Ceri
 
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State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: simon 
State-Changed-When: Fri May 28 14:01:14 PDT 2004 
State-Changed-Why:  
Close PR since, as noted in the audit trail, sound support can be loaded 
as modules, and the submitter hasn't responded to the followups.  

Close sugsted by:	Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=60252 
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