This is a common issue with GPL projects. Mixxx users are not going to purchase this hardware if support is not good. I think more users of Free software need to speak up and contact hardware vendors directly, asking for cooperation. It sounds like they are going to answer questions, which is good. I am more interested in companies realizing that closed hardware hurts. Currently the ignorance is being perpetuated by companies who are fearful of allowing users more control. I strongly feel we the users are entitled to the control and if they choose not to give it, they should understand that more and more sales will be lost. If we all voiced this sentiment, hardware/software vendors will start to see that Freedom matters to their users. What do you all think is the best way to address this issue? Perhaps sending the contact info, so that we (the users of Mixxx) can write nice notes requesting help and reminding them that its good for sales?
I look forward to using the "Hercules Dj Control Mp3" some day soon. Jason On Dec 14, 2007 7:53 AM, Garth Dahlstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm starting a page to compile questions here: > http://mixxx.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Hercules_Questions > > Some of them may be stupid questions, so if anyone already knows the answers > feel free to pencil them in... > > When we've compiled a good list we can send it off to Hercules and see what > they say. > > > > > On Dec 14, 2007 8:27 AM, Adam Davison <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > No time to write a proper e-mail about this now but essentially they > > said they couldn't talk directly because they're too busy but if we > > compile a list of questions for them they'll pass them on to the > > Hercules driver dev team. > > > > So if you can compile a list of relatively specific questions, not > > like "how does your hardware work?" and so on... then I'll pass it on. > > > > Adam > > > > > > > > > > On 14/12/2007, Garth Dahlstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hey, that's awesome that you got something happening. :D > > > > > > I forwarded your progress on to Melanie who still has Alberts MP3 > Control > > > AFAIK... > > > > > > I tried going through the hercules tech support site and opening a help > > > ticket to get some specs / code for their stuff, I got no response at > all... > > > I think Adam was chasing that stuff for a while and also got nowhere. > > > Hopefully if enough people bug them they will eventually relent and give > us > > > a clue about their hardware. > > > > > > -G > > > > > > > > > On Dec 14, 2007 7:35 AM, Robin Sheat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I've spent the past week hacking on the Herc, trying to get more than > one > > > LED > > > > to light (using the HID interface, rather than libdjconsole, still > can't > > > make > > > > that work). Tonight I finally made real progress! > > > > > > > > With a kernel patch (yeah, I know), I can now get multiple LEDs to > light. > > > I > > > > still have no way to tell which LED is addressed by which number, and > > > > currently my patch will break every other HID device you might plug in > > > with > > > > LEDs, but it's a start, and those are both solvable problems. > > > > > > > > If anyone's interested in the technical details, it seems that the HID > > > part of > > > > the kernel ignores any LEDs that it doesn't understand the code number > > > for. > > > > And the herc reports about 2-dozen LEDs (I think more than it actually > > > has), > > > > only one of which the kernel knows about. So I changed the kernel's > > > mapping > > > > to map the range the herc reports to LED IDs the kernel does know > about. > > > > > > > > Also, just to see if it would get anywhere, I asked the company that > makes > > > it > > > > if they would be willing to reveal the specifications. The first > response > > > was > > > > that they were 'classified'. So I responded with a slightly snarky > email > > > > about how they shouldn't be, and got a reply that my request was > forwarded > > > to > > > > their developers. I don't know if anything will come of it, but > maybe... > > > > > > > > It's not that the specs are particularly complex, just that there is > > > something > > > > weird with it, or my understanding of it, that means that I can't make > a > > > > libusb driver work. > > > > > > > > So, if anyone has a hercules DJ control MP3, and is either running the > > > latest > > > > Ubuntu (so, has a kernel that matches mine) or is willing to do a > little > > > bit > > > > of kernel hacking, I may have a solution soon :) > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Robin < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> JabberID: < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > Hostes alienigeni me abduxerunt. 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