[PlanetCCRMA] still cant get multiface joy

[samuraiskillz@blueyonder.co.uk]

Yes it works!

I cant begin to thank you enough for all your help and patience.

I am now excited beyond belief. No sleep for a few days I think

Thank you

dominic





> On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 14:51, samuraiskillz@blueyonder.co.uk wrote:
>> Hi there,
>> Still cant get my multiface working.
>
> Symptoms?
> You did upgrade to the latest alsa-driver packages, right?
> (1.0.8-3)
>
>> my conf file looks like this
>>
>> alias eth0 r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 1.1.2
>> alias snd-card-0 snd-hdsp
>> remove snd-hdsp { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; };
>> /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-hdsp
>> install snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-intel8x0 &&
>> /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
>> remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; };
>> /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0
>> alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
>> alias usb-controller1 uhci-hcd
>> alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394
>> alias eth1 ipw2200
>> ~
>>
>> Looking into it a bit should I have
>>
>> options snd-CARD_0 index=0
>>
>> after alias snd-card...?
>
> Nope, the configuration files looks fine (except for the leftover
> snd-intel8x0 lines there, probably from the onboard soundcard of your
> motherboard). The "CARD_0" thing is just a placeholder for your card, it
> is not meant to be inserted there literally! And there is no snd-hdsp
> "install" line...
>
> Something like this (all in one line!):
>
> install snd-hdsp /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-hdsp &&
> /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
>
> I just had a minute to plugin a headphone to the output of the
> test digiface I installed in one of my test machines. It looks
> like sound is working fine here.
>
> Check (after you start the machine) that:
> - your card is listed in /proc/asound/cards
>   ("cat /proc/asound/cards")
> - the devices are also listed
>   ("cat /proc/asound/devices")
> - start hdspmixer, play something and see if the vu meters move
>   (I'm using the default "1" preset of hdspmixer, not all presets
>   will route to the monitor output).
>
> If things don't work do this (to get rid of whatever you currently
> have saved in your mixer setup file, /etc/asound.state):
>
> - logout of the graphical login
> - change to a text terminal (<ctrl><alt><f1>, for example)
> - login in the text terminal
> - stop alsa: /etc/rc.d/init.d/alsasound stop
> - verify there are no snd-* modules loaded (/sbin/lsmod|grep ^snd-)
> - erase or move away the current mixer state:
>   rm /etc/asound.state
> - reboot the machine to get things started properly with no
>   memory of the previous state of the mixer.
>
> -- Fernando
>
>
>
>