Hi,
thanks for sharing your issue. It is a weird problem, some are affected,
others are not.
See also this thread at the ardour forum:
https://community.ardour.org/node/5751?page=1
there's one person who uses it fine with Fedora 22, but others on avlinux
and UbuntuStudio who have the same playback problem I have.
And on my Mint 17 I have never ever had a single issue.
There's also an old patch here, but I read that it was implemented in the
kernel (
kernel.org grabs the ALSA git since a while).
http://sergey.vlasov.me/2012/09/using-focusrite-scarlett-18i6-in-linux.html
would be great if someone could shed some light :)
thanks!
M
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On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 5:55 PM, <ycollette.nospam(a)free.fr> wrote:
I have met the same problem with the Scarlett 18i8.
Some times, I have inputs and outputs level. But some time, the input is
ok but no outputs. If I restart the Scarlett soundcard (I turn off the
power) then, most of the time, the output level is back.
Some times, the level seems to be a little bit low, but the balance is not
OK (everything is on the left or on the right). After a restart, everything
is back.
2 times out of 3, the sound card works fine.
I use Fedora 24 with a RT kernel from CCRMA.
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De: "Marco Donnarumma" <lists(a)marcodonnarumma.com>
À: "linux-audio-user" <linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org>
Envoyé: Mardi 9 Août 2016 17:48:48
Objet: [LAU] Focusrite Scarlett 8i6 recognised, inputs work, but no
output - Mint 18
Dear all,
I have been using my Focusrite Scarlett 8i6 for a couple of years without
issues on a Linux Mint 17 laptop. I can use the sound card only via
Qjackctl (no ALSA out of the box).
Now, I have a new computer (shuttle xpc slim) on which I installed Linux
Mint 18.
The sound card is recognised by both Jack and cat /proc/asound/cards.
It even correctly appears in the system sound preferences, which did not
happen in Mint 17.
However, while the inputs work, there's no output. I've tested with a
bunch of audio software, such as Pd, Ardour, Hydrogen, etc..
Interestingly, if, immediately after testing with Mint 18, I plug the
sound card back to my Mint 17 laptop, at first, the sound card does not
produce output. I have to power off the sound card and re-plug it, then it
works.
I would need this to work only with Jack, I'm not looking for an ALSA fix.
I know in the past three years there has been a few ALSA patches to make
this range of Focusrite work, and I think most of those patches are now in
the mainline kernel. Although I'm not familiar with this.
Does anything I could try come to mind?
[SYSTEM INFO]
Mint 18
kernel: 4.4.0-31-lowlatency
alsa-base 1.0.25
libasound, etc.. 1.1.0
thanks in advance!
best wishes,
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Marco Donnarumma, Ph.D
Performing bodies, sound and machines
Universität der Künste Berlin
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