[LAU] Echo Layla 3G...

[David Olofson]

On Thursday 20 November 2008, carmen wrote:
> > We also have Echo 3G, but it didn't work. We have error:
> > [ 1326.803139] firmware: requesting ea/echo3g_dsp.fw
> > [ 1326.825403] firmware: requesting ea/3g_asic.fw
> > [ 1327.995014] wait_handshake(): Timeout waiting for DSP
> > [ 1328.017190] wait_handshake(): Timeout waiting for DSP
> > [ 1328.033190] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:05:09.0
> > disabled 
> > [ 1328.033190] Echoaudio Echo3G: probe of 0000:05:09.0 failed with
> > error -5 
> 
> 
> having used echo cards for the past half decade, ive seen this error
> a number of times . on about 30% of fresh installs espescially when
> going minimalist/DIY ie LFS  
> 
> but not in the last year or so. try symlinking /lib/firmware
> to /usr/lib/firmware and make sure the file is there, the error is a
> bit obtuse

Thanks, but my firmware was already in /lib/firmware, as installed by 
the Gentoo alsa-firmware-1.0.17 ebuild.

I symlinked the other way around, but that didn't make any difference. 
Still getting the same error as above, except for different .fw 
files, obviously. (I have an old 20 bit Event/Echo Layla.)


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