Hello Parker, Is your system really SMP (you really have 2 CPUs) or are you just running an SMP kernel?
Ryan R Parker wrote: > Hi, > > I've got an MAudio Audiophile 2496 and use the native > alsa ice1712 driver to operate it. I purchased it for > the midi feature but in response to this thread, I > tested playing audio through it with jackd/ardour and > it did not crash. I didn't hook any speakers up but > there's no reason to suspect that it wasn't working > perfectly. > > If you want to tell me exactly what tests to try, I'd > be happy to give it roll. > > Here's my system: > Linux daddy 2.4.18-pre6 #6 SMP Thu Mar 28 18:59:39 CST > 2002 i686 unknown > AM's low latecy patch > Alsa from CVS Mar 28 18:57 alsa > jackd from CVS jackd 0.26.3 > Ardour/GTK 0.221.1 running with libardour 0.518.0 > I started jack with these parameters "bash# -R -v -d > alsa -d ice1712" > > I know further into the thread there's some criticism > of Alsa support that's aimed at the developers. I > think it's most unfortunate that the developers have > built such an interesting solution for linux audio but > aren't able to support it. > > I suspect the developers must be excited about alsa's > inclusion into the 2.5.X series kernel but they're > probably harboring some concerns about user support at > that stage. I hope they don't become to frustrated > with the situation. I think they've produced a great > solution and hope they're rewarded for the effort. > > I have written some notes for alsa but I am not a c > programmer so it's impossible for my efforts to ever > become useful. They just revisit everything that's > already been said and probably aren't as good as > what's already published. I guess that's the conundrum > from my perspective. I've been able to help a few > people install and configure alsa via email and irc > but I can't do many of the interesting things like > "multi" devices because I just don't understand the > alsa-lib. > > Anyway, I won't be available today but if someone's > got questions or tests that will help determine why my > 2496 works, post them up and I'll try to run them > within the next 48 hours. > > parker > > --- Andrew Nesbit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi guys, I hope someone can help me. My new > > soundcard is the M-Audio > > Audiophile 2496 with ALSA drivers 0.9beta12 (no OSS > > emulation) on a > > Debian Woody system: > > > > anima:/usr/src/linux# uname -a > > Linux anima 2.4.17 #1 SMP Mon Apr 22 19:51:57 > > EST 2002 i686 unknown > > > > No OSS emulation. The modules, at first glance, > > /seem/ to insert > > properly: > > > > anima:~# lsmod > > Module Size Used by Not > > tainted > > snd-card-ice1712 31296 0 > > snd-cs8427 3852 0 > > [snd-card-ice1712] > > snd-i2c 2168 0 > > [snd-card-ice1712 snd-cs8427] > > snd-pcm 50496 0 > > [snd-card-ice1712] > > snd-timer 10752 0 [snd-pcm] > > snd-mpu401-uart 2816 0 > > [snd-card-ice1712] > > snd-rawmidi 12672 0 > > [snd-mpu401-uart] > > snd-seq-device 3856 0 [snd-rawmidi] > > snd-ac97-codec 23136 0 > > [snd-card-ice1712] > > snd 26216 0 > > [snd-card-ice1712 snd-cs8427 snd-i2c snd-pcm > > snd-timer snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device > > snd-ac97-codec] > > > > Relevant excerpt from /etc/modules.conf: > > > > ### update-modules: start processing > > /etc/modutils/alsa > > > > # only configure for native ALSA; no OSS > > emulation > > alias char-major-116 snd > > alias snd-card-0 snd-card-ice1712 > > options snd snd_major=116 snd_cards_limit=1 > > snd_device_mode=0660 snd_device_gid=29 > > snd_device_uid=0 > > options snd-card-ice1712 snd_index=0 > > snd_id=CARD_0 > > > > Anytime I try to, for example, play sound, the > > entire system > > completely freezes. For example: > > > > andrew@anima:~/recordings$ aplay foo.wav > > > > and then it's time to reboot and fsck. > > > > Does anybody know how I can get things to work... > > it's really starting > > to drive me up the wall... GRRRRR :( > > > > TIA! > > > > -Andrew > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Alsa-user mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and more > http://games.yahoo.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
