[linux-audio-user] Edirol FA-66 Working Setup

Just a short node for those having problems - I j just got an Edirol FA-66 working at 48 kHz with Ardour. So far I've only tested two channel recording, but I have not seen a glitch (xrun) for ~10 minutes of test time. Now that the hardware is working I need to get on to some "real" projects. I will post if I notice anything. Here are the details 1G PIII, ASUS TUV-4X MB 1.5G ram 66 mhz IDE Belkin F5U503 Firewire (TI Chipset) Linux 2.6.12.5 (slackware 10.1, stock kernel - no patches ) For the kernel config: CONFIG_IEEE1394_PCILYNX=y CONFIG_IEEE1394_OHCI1394=y CONFIG_IEEE1394_VIDEO1394=y CONFIG_IEEE1394_SBP2=y CONFIG_IEEE1394_SBP2_PHYS_DMA=y # CONFIG_IEEE1394_ETH1394 is not set CONFIG_IEEE1394_DV1394=y CONFIG_IEEE1394_RAWIO=y # CONFIG_IEEE1394_CMP is not set DO NOT Enable IEC61883-1 Plug support, this gave me fits with an "all of the plugs are offline" error from the jack back end. For the libs: It is very important that you use all of the right libs, here is what I have. libavc1394 0.5.0 Later versions will not work ! libraw1394 1.2.0 release version ( http://www.linux1394.org/ ) libiec61883 1.0.0 release version ( same source) liblo-0.18P Must be the version from https://sourceforge.net/projects/freebob/ ieee1394 Kernel Version I initially screwed up and installed libavc 0.5.1 and got nothing from the freebob daemon. Right now linux1394.org seems to be down more often than it is up. There have been mirrors for the key drivers. Google, or check the freebob-devel mailing list archives. The freebob drivers are the release versions on sourceforge (freebob-prealpha-2). You will not find the 61883 back end for jack anywhere else. I am using jackd 0.100.0 from the freebob sourceforge download page (https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=117802 ). Before starting jack, setting LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.19 might help. Also, make sure you have all the usual system configuration done for jack (see the jack home page). I run with: $ freebob to start - you should see it reading out the capabilities of the interface. then: jackd -d iec61883 -o osc.udp://localhost:31000 -p 512 -b 500 -s 0 -i 8 -t 16 -r 8192 I am starting freebob in one xterm and jackd in another, you should see them talking if everything is trying to work. Most of this I gleaned from the archive of freebob-devel at: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=freebob-devel&r=1&w=2 I have not been able to kill jack without hanging the IEEE1394 interface. Running jack after a kill always results in the following error: DRIVER NT: could not start driver Rebooting seems to be the only way to clear the interface. Regards to All, Brad Hare