On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 8:29 PM, Israel <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, I am now dual booting [well... triple booting as I need MacOSX for > my wife's phone :( ] > I use Ubuntu 14.04 and Ubuntu Studio 12.04. It works out of the box in > Studio 12.04 >
ubuntustudio *is* ubuntu > I didn't have to try anything fancy. > I am using a Presonus Firebox. > i use a presonus firepod > I prefer to use only FLOSS and only want to install it rather than use a > liveCD/USB/DVD (unless it is puppy), > the live CD's i suggest *are* FLOSS, and the one you used to install ubuntustudio will do fine. its so you can tweak and try configurations and easily get back to a default state without breaking your current installation > but thanks for your info. > I am in 12.04 right now, but if you need me to run some commands and post > the output I would be glad to. Presonus Firebox is already on FFADO (which > is why I got it). > the presonus firepod works "out of the box" for me in ubuntustudio 12.04 through 14.04 > I got the interface specifically to use in Ubuntu... but 14.04 is having > issues with it. > presonus doenst officially support linux.. RME does AFAIK > To enable it in Studio 12.04 > there is no "enable" process for the firepod i have from presonus. it literally just runs when i have proper supported firewire chipsets > Open the FFADO mixer, wait until it loads the device. > Open QJackctl and change it to firewire > Open Audacity (I haven't tried it in Ardour yet... I wanted to just see if > it works) change it to Jack > Voila! Working as expected. > > So why doesn't it work in plain Ubuntu 14.04? I tried MANY things, and > all of them were useless. Jack works fine with Alsa but not firewire. > If you like I can later post the output of the errors. > > > On 04/12/2014 11:16 AM, Mike Holstein wrote: > > > > > On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 8:14 AM, Israel <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> I am having a few issues. I am using Ubuntu 14.04 (not studio) and I am >> trying to set up a firewire interface, and I am having some serious issues >> getting Jack to recognize it. >> Can anyone point me in the direction of a good tutorial for how to >> configure qjackctl so use my device. FFADO Mixer loads the interface just >> fine, but I cannot seem to figure out how to configure everything to use it >> :) >> >> The other issue is Ubuntu Studio 14.04 >> I downloaded the 32bit live (DVD) from current yesterday, and Ubiquity >> goes fine until the place where I can choose the packages to install. Then >> a dialog pops up with a bunch of ???????? and then the installer hangs up >> until I use a TTY to sudo reboot. >> I have also tried booting the 64bit beta2 on a Macboot, and cannot seem >> to boot into anything useful. I am only allowed to choose between the EFI >> boots on the USB, and none of those work. >> >> Thanks for your help! >> >> > when i migrated my production rig to linux, using a firewire interface > (as well as testing with may other internal and USB interfaces) these are > some helpful tips that i found made the transition possible. > > 1. work from a live CD. there are several nice live CD's these days, > such as our ubuntustudio live CD. when i say "live CD", i just refer to the > iso image, downloaded and running from whatever you need.. DVD, USB, > whatever.. while testing with the live CD's, you can easily tweak *any* and > *all* configurations, without the fear of breakage. this is also an easy > way to test different kernel versions and JACK versions with your hardware. > i like to use an ubuntu 12.04, and now, the upcoming 14.04, as well as > AVlinux's live iso > 2. what is the issue? is it the firewire? or JACK? or permissions? or what? > test things as independently as possible. dont land in a new os, fire up > jack, with a piece of firewire hardware you dont know is supported in > linux. start with the internal audio device, and learn to configure and run > JACK using it. then, you can move forward knowing your JACK configuration > is working or not. > 3. the firewire chipset *can* make or break linux support. you can run > "lspci" in a terminal and see what chipset you have for firewire.. ideally, > you have texas instruments.. if not, i have a few others that work well, > and also, a few that will never work in linux. > 4. i have had laptops with IRQ issues relating to sharing IRQ for firewire > with USB ports i was using. you can check this in the terminal with "cat > /proc/interrupts" > 5. keep in mind, none of the vendors of any of the hardware you have have > promised you linux support. a team of experts from many different companies > have come together for years and years to work with each other and make > sure that your hardware works in a different operating system. you are > basically deciding to take that responsibility on for yourself. > 6. temporarily running jack as root (which is not something i would want > to do all the time, continuously) can help troubleshoot permissions. > running "gksudo qjackctl" allows one to start jack as root.. if jack has > been failing, but runs as root, then, you know that the hardware > configuration in jack works, and that the issue is more likely to do with > permissions. > 7. in qjackctl, there is a "messages" button that can have lots of helpful > information.. > > feel free and share any terminal output here for any of the commands, or > the jack GUI error messages.. i suggest joining the IRC for realtime help. > > > > >> -- >> ubuntu-studio-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users >> > > > > -- > MH > > likethecow.com > > > > > > -- > ubuntu-studio-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users > > -- MH likethecow.com
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