gusano said : > hi Hamish > > thanks for your help. > I have a Texas Instruments pc card bus controller where I use a > pcmcia/FW card (I don't have any expresscard slot). > my only trouble is that it stopped working with last p:d release.. > > but now that I found out that with a certain kernel/libffado it's > working, I'm gonna (try to) find a way to have those in pure:dyne.. > or maybe just the new FW stack first.. > > anyway my hardware lost compatibility with c&c
reminder: If you can find out which libffado works for you, we could try to backport it in the Puredyne PPA. a. > > cheers, > _y > > > > On 27/05/10 22:30, Hamish wrote: > >hey Gusano, > > > >Use Puredyne, my Firebox works fine. > > > >My firebox gave me no end of grief on my old laptop, it wasn't > >until I learnt that it needs a Texas Instruments firewire 400 > >chipset (I understand that this also applies to most other > >fireaudio audio interfaces...so if your laptop has an Agave or Via > >firewire chipset then, if you have an expresscard slot, get an > >expresscard. There are recommendations on the Presonus site, my > >Startech card works fine. > > > >Assuming you've got all this in order all I had to do was install > >Puredyne, the least hassle audio distro I've tried, start up your > >computer with the Expresscard inserted (Puredyne doesn't seem to > >support plug and play for this)...then...insure you have all the > >ffado packages installed... > > > >Then insert the bits below in bold into the /etc/default/rtirq > >file...the raw1394 part is just because i'm using an expresscard, > >otherwise ignore > > > ># IRQ thread service names > ># (space separated list, from higher to lower priority). > >RTIRQ_NAME_LIST="rtc0 raw1394 ohci1394 snd usb i8042" > > > ># On kernel configurations that support it, > ># which services should be NOT threaded > ># (space separated list). > >RTIRQ_NON_THREADED="rtc0 snd raw1394 ohci1394" > > > >this information was thanks to this link > >http://www.backports.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1328175 > > > >then run ffado-dbus-server > >then run ffado-test ListDevices > >and it should see your firebox, and give you an idea of which > >port/node to use (for me this is port 1 node 1, > > > >then start qjackctl and in the settings put your port/node > >(for me this is *hw:1,1*) > > > >and then work out what settings will run and start jack, > >if you have a stable blue light you're on your way > > > >hope this helps > > > >Hamish > > > > > --- > [email protected] > http://identi.ca/group/puredyne > irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne -- http://su.kuri.mu --- [email protected] http://identi.ca/group/puredyne irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne
