Thanks! :-) I did however realize one more thing and that is if I put my laptop to either standby or hibernate mode in Windoze, the dreaded distortion returns back to haunt me. :-( OTOH, a simple reboot does fix it. So, I guess it's not the best possible solution but at least it works. My guess is that this is a direct result of a crappy BIOS and/or APCI implementation.
So far I've tested it only with 4 outputs at 44.1KHz and it ran fine at 3ms. 1.5ms does introduce artifacts, but that really does not bother me. Unfortunately in Linux I am yet to figure out how to fix the distortion. It is conceivable that the fix could be achieved by simply passing some flags in the pcmcia config (/etc/sysconfig/pcmcia), but as to which, I don't have the faintest clue :-(. Best wishes, Ivica Ico Bukvic, composer & multimedia sculptor http://meowing.ccm.uc.edu/~ico/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 12:08 AM > To: Ivica Ico Bukvic > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; linux-audio- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; alsa- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Alsa-devel] RE: Major problem with RME HDSP/Multiface and a > 64-bit AMD laptop -- SOLVED!!! (partially) > > >What I basically did is investigated the current driver in Windoze for > the > >carbus and it came up as a "generic cardbus interface." I was by now > aware > >that the exact cardbus chipset is/was ENE C1410. So I did some searching > on > >the Google for the driver and came up with HP's driver download page for > one > >of their laptops (mine is eMachines m6807). So, I said what the heck, at > >this point I just might as well go ahead and try it. So I downloaded the > >driver (link: > >http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/hpcpqnk/us/download/18388.html) > >installed it, it went without a hitch and asked me to reboot. Upon > rebooting > >the device manager listed the pcmcia interface as the "ENE C1410 Cardbus > >Interface." So far, so good! Upon reconnecting the RME HDSP and playing > the > >sound, the sound was absolutely flawless at 3ms latency!!! Yay! > > If I may say so, that is just bloody amazing. Congratulations on > this bit of sleuthing. > > Its too bad that getting this to work under Linux will likely require > a lot more effort on the part of many more people. > > --p ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
