5 Apr
2009
5 Apr
'09
11:18 p.m.
greetings!
i've been running an RME Multiface under linux for years with the CardBus interface. i
just switched to the ExpressCard interface, and am having troubles. before getting into
details, are there folks out there running the RME ExpressCard interface with the
Multiface breakout box successfully? the ALSA matrix says it should be fine.
if so, what distros and laptops?
i'm using a Lenovo T61p laptop with SUSE and Debian (pure:dyne), and having troubles
under both distros.
the adapter works fine under WinXP -- yes, i re-installed XP just to test the hardware --
uggh!
thanks in advance.... cheers!
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5 Apr
5 Apr
11:35 p.m.
On Sunday 05 April 2009 10:17:17 pm plutek-infinity wrote:
i've been running an RME Multiface under linux for
years with the CardBus
interface. i just switched to the ExpressCard interface, and am having
troubles. before getting into details, are there folks out there running
the RME ExpressCard interface with the Multiface breakout box successfully?
the ALSA matrix says it should be fine.
Unless there have been a lot of changes under the hood, it should technically
work, but it would need to be updated to include the identification strings the
units uses. I may be wrong, but I think the kernel handles all the issues with
providing a unified API for abstracting the PCI vs PCIe busses. (Someone will
jump down my throat if I'm wrong)
So if it hasn't been done, it just needs a relatively painless patching.
-Reuben
6 Apr
6 Apr
1:05 p.m.
Plutek,
i've been running an RME Multiface under linux for
years with the
CardBus interface. i just switched to the ExpressCard interface, and
am having troubles. before getting into details, are there folks out
there running the RME ExpressCard interface with the Multiface
breakout box successfully? the ALSA matrix says it should be fine.
It should, yes.
if so, what distros and laptops?
Thinkpad r61 - works fine.
the adapter works fine under WinXP -- yes, i
re-installed XP just to test the hardware -- uggh!
Maybe a problem with the driver for your express card slot. The card is
basically the same as the cardbus variant.
Flo
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3:49 p.m.
From: Florian Faber <faber(a)faberman.de>
Plutek,
got it working -- under Windows, i re-installed the driver, which brought the multiface
back online. after that, the firmware loads successfully under linux, and all is well. i
*cannot*, however, hotplug the ExpressCard under linux -- the multiface status light
behaves as it should (blinks with the ExpressCard out, and goes dark when the ExpressCard
is re-inserted), but hdspmixer comes up with all meters at full-scale, and the unit does
not function.
anyways, it's good enough to work with -- just unfortunate that it seems i need to
keep a windows partition available in case i need to pull the card out of a
"funk" again!
cheers!
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.pltk.
i've been running an RME Multiface under
linux for years with the
CardBus interface. i just switched to the ExpressCard interface, and
am having troubles. before getting into details, are there folks out
there running the RME ExpressCard interface with the Multiface
breakout box successfully? the ALSA matrix says it should be fine.
It should, yes.
if so, what distros and laptops?
Thinkpad r61 - works fine.
the adapter works fine under WinXP -- yes, i
re-installed XP just to test the hardware -- uggh!
Maybe a problem with the driver for your express card slot. The card is
basically the same as the cardbus variant.
7 Apr
7 Apr
2:26 a.m.
Plutek,
got it working -- under Windows, i re-installed the
driver, which
brought the multiface back online. after that, the firmware loads
successfully under linux, and all is well. i *cannot*, however,
hotplug the ExpressCard under linux -- the multiface status light
behaves as it should (blinks with the ExpressCard out, and goes dark
when the ExpressCard is re-inserted), but hdspmixer comes up with all
meters at full-scale, and the unit does not function.
Very strange. Send it over for debugging :)
I continued testing and found that neither MADIface nor the normal RME
ExpressCard are recognized in a Thinkpad X200 (Centrino 2). pciehp
always runs into the following:
[ 757.159762] pciehp 0000:00:1c.3:pcie02: Card present on Slot(3)
[ 757.183821] pciehp 0000:00:1c.3:pcie02: Card not present on Slot(3)
[ 757.188186] pciehp 0000:00:1c.3:pcie02: Card present on Slot(3)
[ 757.212205] pciehp 0000:00:1c.3:pcie02: Card not present on Slot(3)
etc. And a while after removing the card, the machine crashes with
colorful pixelart (never had that in a long time).
Same on the IdeaPad S10 (ICH7). With the Thinkpad r61 (Ricoh Chipset),
everything works as it should.
So I figure these problems rather come from a broken pciehp driver and
bad/missing chipset support than from the hdsp(m) driver itself.
Flo
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8:23 a.m.
From: Florian Faber <faber(a)faberman.de>
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2009 08:25:30 +0200
Plutek,
meaning, you can hotplug the ExpressCard at will? what breakout box are you using with the
normal RME ExpressCard?
got it working -- under Windows, i re-installed
the driver, which
brought the multiface back online. after that, the firmware loads
successfully under linux, and all is well. i *cannot*, however,
hotplug the ExpressCard under linux -- the multiface status light
behaves as it should (blinks with the ExpressCard out, and goes dark
when the ExpressCard is re-inserted), but hdspmixer comes up with all
meters at full-scale, and the unit does not function.
Very strange. Send it over for debugging :)
I continued testing and found that neither MADIface nor the normal RME
ExpressCard are recognized in a Thinkpad X200 (Centrino 2). pciehp
always runs into the following:
[ 757.159762] pciehp 0000:00:1c.3:pcie02: Card present on Slot(3)
[ 757.183821] pciehp 0000:00:1c.3:pcie02: Card not present on Slot(3)
[ 757.188186] pciehp 0000:00:1c.3:pcie02: Card present on Slot(3)
[ 757.212205] pciehp 0000:00:1c.3:pcie02: Card not present on Slot(3)
etc. And a while after removing the card, the machine crashes with
colorful pixelart (never had that in a long time).
Same on the IdeaPad S10 (ICH7). With the Thinkpad r61 (Ricoh Chipset),
everything works as it should.
So I figure these problems rather come from a broken pciehp driver and
bad/missing chipset support than from the hdsp(m) driver itself.
Flo
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8 Apr
8 Apr
3:17 a.m.
Plutek,
Same on the IdeaPad S10 (ICH7). With the Thinkpad r61
(Ricoh Chipset),
everything works as it should.
Correction: I tested with another IdeaPad and it works like it should.
Seems the first one was broken.
Flo
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