Emu sound card on FreeBSD

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Matthew45

Righ now i got working sound, on my onboard front plugged headset. As BSD uses OSS i wonder how to get my rear 2.0 speakers, which are plugged directly to my emu card work?. I have pavucontrol installed, and it clearly says in audio manager that dsp4 is for rear analog 2.0 (Realtek ALC 892) when i select it, sound dosent play..dsp 5 is working correct. I red that i must unplug headset that dsp 4 is muted untill i unplug headset..but this is not the case here. For some reason, it refuses to play sound directly from my sound card to my speakers..Any help will come handy. i know there are already topics for that, but this specific issue isnt there..or i didnt found it..
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I want to activate pcm4 since now it is doing nothing..and as i saw emu drivers are already loaded,but system says that cant see emu drivers even though they arein list..
 
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In any case, you probably need to fiddle with the pin assignments of snd_hda(4). The driver is really generic and different OEMs can use different pins, the physical implementation is up to them. So you sometimes have to change the pin assignments to get it to work correctly for your system.
 
SirDice said:
In any case, you probably need to fiddle with the pin assignments of snd_hda(4). The driver is really generic and different OEMs can use different pins, the physical implementation is up to them. So you sometimes have to change the pin assignments to get it to work correctly for your system.
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Ok Thanks a lot ill try to fiddle..it is the only missing puzzle right now to get my card working.
 
I tried to fiddle and got to one conclusion after checking out so the situation is...:
snd_emu10kx present in kernel: yes
snd_emu10kx module file exists: yes
Creative card visible on PCI: yes
driver attached to card: no --i have emu 12 12 card, and somehow driver refuses to use my card..i see that driver exists and it is loaded..so basically im stuck with on board (Front headset sound?) or is there a way to get driver to work? any help would be welcome.. it seems that my card isnt supported (it is old) but that is a good card..if support comes i will be more then happy..
 
I found the solution.. I just bought Terratec Phase 22 pci card, waiting to be delivered..i red that that card is supported in FreeBSD. My current card is a wierd one so it isnt wonder that it isnt supported..
 
Matthew45 the EMU cards are complex, they require loading a firmware into them to set the entire card up. You might've observed on Windows, the Patchmix DSP program needs to be running in order for soundcard to work. FreeBSD has no functionality in this area, so the snd_emu10kx card can only run simple cards such as Creative items.
 
Yes i see that now, EMU is primary the recording card..And back in the days i used it on Windows and yes, emu patchmix driver was consisted of two separate components..And on Win 11 driver didnt work, so someone made a hack in order to work..i just remembered..so what did I expect anyway lol:D All i need is simple playback audio card..
 
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