[PlanetCCRMA] Updating libraw1394, scons, and others...

[Fernando Lopez-Lezcano]

On Sat, 2009-01-10 at 00:19 -0500, Hector Centeno wrote:
> Thanks! After installing ffado and dealing with a SELinux complain
> about loading libffado I finally got firewire working in FC10!

What did selinux say? I don't think I saw that in my one test machines. 
-- Fernando


> On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano
> <nando at ccrma.stanford.edu> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2009-01-09 at 14:52 -0500, Hector Centeno wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I'm trying to get a firewire interface to work with Fedora 10 and the
> >> new 2.6.26.8-1.rt12.2 kernel. It doesn't work with the juju stack so I
> >> was wondering if there will be a substitute libraw1394 for this kernel
> >> from CCRMA.
> >
> > The current packages available from Planet CCRMA should be enough. I did
> > get an Edirol FA-101 to work (as stated below).
> >
> > The current Fedora version of libraw1394 (2.x) can deal with both the
> > old firewire stack and juju so it all depends on the kernel modules you
> > have loaded. With the Planet CCRMA kernel it will be the old stack.
> >
> > You have to install ffado and that will enable you to use it with the
> > current Planet CCRMA jack in fc10.
> >
> > -- Fernando
> >
> >
> >> On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 5:52 PM, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano
> >> <nando at ccrma.stanford.edu> wrote:
> >> > On Wed, 2008-12-10 at 09:23 -0800, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
> >> >> On Tue, 2008-12-09 at 23:20 -0700, David Nielson wrote:
> >> >> > Scons has been at version 1.1.0 stable for a long time. Libraw1394 has
> >> >> > been at stable 2.0.0 for a long time. This email is for my benefit: I am
> >> >> > complaining that Fedora isn't updating these packages, and I can't see a
> >> >> > good reason why. This makes a hassle for me, as I have to remove the
> >> >> > Fedora-provided Scons and install the newer version, overwrite
> >> >> > libraw1394 1.3.0 with 2.0.0, before I can even think about compiling the
> >> >> > current RC for libffado and jack.
> >> >>
> >> >> Just yesterday I was trying to work again on libraw1394 and libfaado. I
> >> >> built packages for fc10 that I was trying to test together with a ffado
> >> >> enabled jack build (in fc10 libraw1394 has been updated to 2.0.0). I
> >> >> have not yet tried to build on fc9 but I presume that will work...
> >> >
> >> > Well, I built the (unstable) kernel-rt package for fc10 to just test and
> >> > with libffado 2.0.0 rc1 and a new jack with ffado support I managed to
> >> > get an Edirol FA-101 working... With the standard Fedora kernel and the
> >> > juju firewire stack it still does not work (although it tries).
> >> >
> >> > -- Fernando
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> > Grumble grumble.
> >> >>
> >> >> Yep. Same here.
> >> >> You could also try creating a bug report on Redhat's bugzilla... that
> >> >> would be a more effective way of complaining (although the bug report
> >> >> may be ignored then it is there for the record - _I_ should be posting
> >> >> bugs about some stuff as well...)