[PlanetCCRMA] fc6/7: new rt kernel; fc6/7: updated libgig

[Fernando Lopez-Lezcano]

On Fri, 2007-07-06 at 13:53 -0500, grae wrote:
> Just to confirm :)
> 
> I just fresh installed fc7 on my intel-iMac (with FA-101 as well) and
> applied all the latest (with updated libraw and libavc) and everything
> sound related appears to be working very well. :)

Wow, running the rt19 kernel? (rt20 is out.......)
Good news I guess. 

> haha..unfortunately now the graphics drivers are another story!
> ATI.....arrrrgh. ;)

Sigh :-(
-- Fernando


> On 7/6/07, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano <nando@ccrma.stanford.edu> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2007-07-05 at 23:02 -0700, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2007-07-05 at 22:27 -0700, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 2007-07-05 at 21:26 -0500, grae wrote:
> > > > > Hi Fernando,
> > > > >
> > > > > I had some issues before trying to run firewire on fc7 and they were
> > > > > resolved by installing a libavc1394 and libraw1394 from
> > > > > ezplanet-updates repo.
> > > > >
> > > > > After installing this new kernel my firewire again does not work with
> > > > > the same error message as before:
> > > > >
> > > > > "Ieee1394Service::initialize: Could not get 1394 handle: No such file
> > > > > or directory
> > > > > Is ieee1394 and raw1394 driver loaded?"
> > > >
> > > > Hmmm, sorry to hear about this happening again.
> > > >
> > > > The new kernel does not have any differences in terms of firewire
> > > > support, I'm still using the old firewire stack.
> > >
> > > I did the following in my laptop:
> > >
> > > - I am running the new rt19 kernel, of course (i686)
> > > - rebuilt the libraw1394 and libavc1394 libraries in my build server
> > > - installed them
> > > - /sbin/modprobe raw1394
> > > - installed kino from livna
> > > - plugged in my dv camera
> > > - started kino and it was able to recognize the camera and record
> > >
> > > I don't know if this is good news or bad news :-(
> > > (because it is not working for you)
> > > Maybe I should reboot and start from scratch to see if that makes a
> > > difference.
> >
> > Just to document it:
> > I rebooted and restated from scratch and everything worked again.
> >
> > And I just tested an Edirol FA 101 firewire soundcard with the freebob
> > Jack driver and it worked fine (rt19 + updated libraw and libavc).