[The output will vary depending upon the sound card. If no pcm devices are listed, double-check that the correct device driver was loaded or compiled into the kernel. The next section lists some common problems and their solutions.
If all goes well, the sound card should now work in FreeBSD. If the CD or DVD drive is properly connected to the sound card, one can insert an audio CD in the drive and play it with
cdcontrol(1):
%
cdcontrol -f /dev/acd0 play 1
Warning:
Audio CDs have specialized encodings
which means that they should not be mounted using
mount(8).
Various applications, such as
audio/workman, provide a friendlier
interface. The
audio/mpg123 port can be
installed to listen to MP3 audio files.
Another quick way to test the card is to send data to
/dev/dsp:
%
cat filename > /dev/dsp