[LAU] help with focusrite saffire pro24

[Leigh Dyer]

On 23/08/11 12:08 PM, lists at wolfdream.ca wrote:
> Hello, list,
>
> I'm in a bit of a hurr and a fix and so I am forced to send this from my phone: so apologies for any typos and misspellings.
>
> I am trying to set up a system with ubuntu interfacing with a Focusrite Saffire pro24, none of which are my own or my own choosing. After some fooling with the code ffado recognises the card and jackd seems to interface fine with them. However, no sound will come out of the sound card no matter what I do. Jack sees all the channels and the card lights up like a nice christmas tree, but no joy. I was wondering whether any Saffire user on this list might give me a hint. I can always use my own trusty ittle UA25EX, but the saffire would be more convenient. Anyway... Any pointers would be much appreciated.
>

There's a known issue with these devices and the new Firewire stack that 
causes exactly the problem you're describing. I'm pretty sure the 
problem turned out to be in the libraw1394 library, and it's since been 
fixed, so if you have a very recent version of that library it should 
fix the issue.

Otherwise, you can switch back to the old Firewire stack. I'm still 
running Ubuntu 10.10 on my music PC so I can do just that on my Saffire 
PRO40, which has the same issue; there are some notes on how to switch 
stacks here:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FireWire#Switching%20between%20stacks

Thanks
Leigh