22 Feb
2009
22 Feb
'09
11:46 p.m.
Hello, I'm trying to help my friend with his RME multiface and ubuntu linux.
When we run hdspmixer we get this output:
HDSPMixer 1.6 - Copyright (C) 2003 Thomas Charbonnel <thomas(a)undata.org>
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
HDSPMixer is free software, see the file COPYING for details
Looking for HDSP cards :
Card 0 : RME Hammerfall DSP + Multiface at 0xfdde0000, irq 17
Multiface found !
1 Hammerfall DSP card found.
Initializing default presets
HwDep ioctl failed. Metering stopped
We can still use the mixer, route, etc. but metering doesn't work [we don't see
any graphical representation of the audio]. hdspconf repeatedly gives us this
output:
Hwdep ioctl error on card hw:0.
We can route audio with jack, output audio with jack, and also output audio with
oss, but apps using alsa don't seem to be working.. when I run aplay on a file I
get this output:
jesse@ubuntu:/lib/firmware$ aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Side_Right.wav
Playing WAVE '/usr/share/sounds/alsa/Side_Right.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little
Endian, Rate 48000 Hz, Mono
ALSA lib pcm_pulse.c:625:(pulse_prepare) PulseAudio: Unable to create stream:
Invalid argument
aplay: set_params:1015: Unable to install hw params:
ACCESS: RW_INTERLEAVED
FORMAT: S16_LE
SUBFORMAT: STD
SAMPLE_BITS: 16
FRAME_BITS: 16
CHANNELS: 1
RATE: 48000
PERIOD_TIME: 125000
PERIOD_SIZE: 6000
PERIOD_BYTES: 12000
PERIODS: 4
BUFFER_TIME: 500000
BUFFER_SIZE: 24000
BUFFER_BYTES: 48000
TICK_TIME: [0 0]
We've found some open threads in some bug trackers about this problem but no
resolutions for this problem. Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks,
Alex
22 Feb
22 Feb
11:51 p.m.
Please report back what version of firmware your HDSP has. you cannot
use the more recent versions and may have to downgrade to an earlier
firmware version to get correct operation. (More or less...)
- Mark
On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 7:46 PM, Alex Norman <alex(a)neisis.net> wrote:
Hello, I'm trying to help my friend with his RME
multiface and ubuntu linux.
When we run hdspmixer we get this output:
HDSPMixer 1.6 - Copyright (C) 2003 Thomas Charbonnel <thomas(a)undata.org>
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
HDSPMixer is free software, see the file COPYING for details
Looking for HDSP cards :
Card 0 : RME Hammerfall DSP + Multiface at 0xfdde0000, irq 17
Multiface found !
1 Hammerfall DSP card found.
Initializing default presets
HwDep ioctl failed. Metering stopped
We can still use the mixer, route, etc. but metering doesn't work [we don't see
any graphical representation of the audio]. hdspconf repeatedly gives us this
output:
Hwdep ioctl error on card hw:0.
We can route audio with jack, output audio with jack, and also output audio with
oss, but apps using alsa don't seem to be working.. when I run aplay on a file I
get this output:
jesse@ubuntu:/lib/firmware$ aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Side_Right.wav
Playing WAVE '/usr/share/sounds/alsa/Side_Right.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little
Endian, Rate 48000 Hz, Mono
ALSA lib pcm_pulse.c:625:(pulse_prepare) PulseAudio: Unable to create stream:
Invalid argument
aplay: set_params:1015: Unable to install hw params:
ACCESS: RW_INTERLEAVED
FORMAT: S16_LE
SUBFORMAT: STD
SAMPLE_BITS: 16
FRAME_BITS: 16
CHANNELS: 1
RATE: 48000
PERIOD_TIME: 125000
PERIOD_SIZE: 6000
PERIOD_BYTES: 12000
PERIODS: 4
BUFFER_TIME: 500000
BUFFER_SIZE: 24000
BUFFER_BYTES: 48000
TICK_TIME: [0 0]
We've found some open threads in some bug trackers about this problem but no
resolutions for this problem. Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks,
Alex
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23 Feb
23 Feb
2:44 a.m.
On Sun, 2009-02-22 at 19:51 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote:
Please report back what version of firmware your HDSP
has. you cannot
use the more recent versions and may have to downgrade to an earlier
firmware version to get correct operation. (More or less...)
That shouldn't result in this error message, but in strange channel
readings in hdspmixer itself.
Flo
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10:05 a.m.
On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 10:44 PM, Florian Faber <faber(a)faberman.de> wrote:
On Sun, 2009-02-22 at 19:51 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote:
I'm just saying that if RME updated firmware 3 weeks ago and he's the
first person that got a card with that on it then there isn't anyway
any of us could know what it does for sure.
It would be good if he reported what version of firmware had had so we
could eliminate that as a potential cause of the problems he's having.
It's ost likely not the root cause but it wouldn't hurt to know.
- Mark
Please report back what version of firmware your
HDSP has. you cannot
use the more recent versions and may have to downgrade to an earlier
firmware version to get correct operation. (More or less...)
That shouldn't result in this error message, but in strange channel
readings in hdspmixer itself.
Flo
3:50 p.m.
So, he isn't 100% sure how to check the firmware version. He is "definitely
using old firmware" and he thinks it is 011 / 151 as recommended. Can someone
tell me exactly how he can check it? He has access to a windoze boot.
Below is my conversation with him:
11:42 <@ jmej> i installed some drivers in windows - i'm definitely using
old firmware - i can't say for sure which version.. but probably
011 / 151
11:42 <@ jmej> which seems to be one that's known to work
11:42 <@ jmej> the new RME software has firmware revision info in the about
tab... the old software does not
11:43 <@ jmej> but when i run new software - it tells me to update my firmware
(i didn't)
11:43 <@ jmej> and when i run the software that goes alon with 011/151 it seems
to work fine
[he's talking about running it in windoze here]
Thanks,
Alex
On 0, Mark Knecht <markknecht(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 10:44 PM, Florian Faber
<faber(a)faberman.de> wrote:
On Sun, 2009-02-22 at 19:51 -0800, Mark Knecht
wrote:
I'm just saying that if RME updated firmware 3 weeks ago and he's the
first person that got a card with that on it then there isn't anyway
any of us could know what it does for sure.
It would be good if he reported what version of firmware had had so we
could eliminate that as a potential cause of the problems he's having.
It's ost likely not the root cause but it wouldn't hurt to know.
- Mark
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Please report back what version of firmware your
HDSP has. you cannot
use the more recent versions and may have to downgrade to an earlier
firmware version to get correct operation. (More or less...)
That shouldn't result in this error message, but in strange channel
readings in hdspmixer itself.
Flo
4:34 p.m.
It seems that Florian has 'inside' information and suggests that this
doesn't matter so I'd not worry about it to much.
If you still want to check it I *think* you run one of RME's firmware
updates and it tells you what is installed before it does the update.
I just tried the version that's on their website and it tells me I'm
hardware revision 104 and programming status is 'not updated'. Watch
out though as the web site has firmware released a few days ago on the
19th and I'm talking about firmware that came with my card years ago.
RME used to give you access to this really old stuff but I'm not
finding the link they used to have to the older firmware so we all
might be out of luck if they won't supply it.
You don't want to run this app unless you have a copy of the one that
takes you back. The banner for this new version gives a very cryptic
message:
HDSP Fut. Rev. 17/55/108/154/207/234
I suspect that those are different firmware revisions for different
products but I really don't know.
AGAIN, BE VERY CAREFUL. (Or ask Florian to drop by...) ;-)
Good luck,
Mark
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Alex Norman <alex(a)neisis.net> wrote:
So, he isn't 100% sure how to check the firmware
version. He is "definitely
using old firmware" and he thinks it is 011 / 151 as recommended. Can someone
tell me exactly how he can check it? He has access to a windoze boot.
Below is my conversation with him:
11:42 <@ jmej> i installed some drivers in windows - i'm definitely using
old firmware - i can't say for sure which version.. but probably
011 / 151
11:42 <@ jmej> which seems to be one that's known to work
11:42 <@ jmej> the new RME software has firmware revision info in the about
tab... the old software does not
11:43 <@ jmej> but when i run new software - it tells me to update my firmware
(i didn't)
11:43 <@ jmej> and when i run the software that goes alon with 011/151 it seems
to work fine
[he's talking about running it in windoze here]
Thanks,
Alex
On 0, Mark Knecht <markknecht(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 10:44 PM, Florian Faber
<faber(a)faberman.de> wrote:
On Sun, 2009-02-22 at 19:51 -0800, Mark Knecht
wrote:
I'm just saying that if RME updated firmware 3 weeks ago and he's the
first person that got a card with that on it then there isn't anyway
any of us could know what it does for sure.
It would be good if he reported what version of firmware had had so we
could eliminate that as a potential cause of the problems he's having.
It's ost likely not the root cause but it wouldn't hurt to know.
- Mark
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Please report back what version of firmware your
HDSP has. you cannot
use the more recent versions and may have to downgrade to an earlier
firmware version to get correct operation. (More or less...)
That shouldn't result in this error message, but in strange channel
readings in hdspmixer itself.
Flo 
24 Feb
24 Feb
5:39 a.m.
So, he isn't 100% sure how to check the firmware
version. He is "definitely
using old firmware" and he thinks it is 011 / 151 as recommended. Can someone
tell me exactly how he can check it? He has access to a windoze boot.
afaict, the last firmware update is about 5 years old. so i would
basically forget about a possible firmware version mismatch. i guess the
dmesg log is way more interesting than the firmware version.
are you always able to reproduce the issue or does it work sometimes and
sometimes not? i am experiencing a similar issue, hdspmixer doesn't show
levels, but i cannot reproduce it reliably. usually, reloading the
driver fixes the issue on my machine.
best, tim
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28 Feb
28 Feb
1:14 p.m.
So, I'm trying to get my friend to gather the information requested.. but
suddenly his multiface started with metering. It seems as though Tim and my
friend might be experiencing the same issue then.. I'm not sure if it has
happened again since he's rebooted.. or if he has rebooted since he got it
working.. [without doing anything specific, just rmmod/modprobe and reboot].
-Alex
On 0, Tim Blechmann <tim(a)klingt.org> wrote:
So, he
isn't 100% sure how to check the firmware version. He is "definitely
using old firmware" and he thinks it is 011 / 151 as recommended. Can someone
tell me exactly how he can check it? He has access to a windoze boot.
afaict, the last firmware update is about 5 years old. so i would
basically forget about a possible firmware version mismatch. i guess the
dmesg log is way more interesting than the firmware version.
are you always able to reproduce the issue or does it work sometimes and
sometimes not? i am experiencing a similar issue, hdspmixer doesn't show
levels, but i cannot reproduce it reliably. usually, reloading the
driver fixes the issue on my machine.
best, tim
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2:39 p.m.
On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 9:14 AM, Alex Norman <alex(a)neisis.net> wrote:
So, I'm trying to get my friend to gather the
information requested.. but
suddenly his multiface started with metering. It seems as though Tim and my
friend might be experiencing the same issue then.. I'm not sure if it has
happened again since he's rebooted.. or if he has rebooted since he got it
working.. [without doing anything specific, just rmmod/modprobe and reboot].
-Alex
Some of these RME devices coupled with the Linux drivers can act a bit
different if you visit Windows before you go into Linux. The hardware
retains some settings and then features start to work, or start
failing, after a warm boot. I cannot remember what my issue was but
there was a point some years ago where to get the system to work the
way I wanted I needed to boot Windows then warm boot Linux. That is no
longer true (and hasn't been) but maybe you guys are hitting a corner
condition.
If you care to test it or are just a curious gypsy like me, then cold
boot Linux, run your hardware. See what works and doesn't work. (If
anything.) Then cold boot Windows, run the hardware by popping up the
Windows mixer of the RME config app, and then warm boot Linux and run
your hardware again. Note any changes if any.
Cheers,
Mark
4:27 p.m.
So, I'm trying to get my friend to gather the
information requested.. but
suddenly his multiface started with metering. It seems as though Tim and my
friend might be experiencing the same issue then.. I'm not sure if it has
happened again since he's rebooted.. or if he has rebooted since he got it
working.. [without doing anything specific, just rmmod/modprobe and reboot].
i haven't experiences this issue on my machine for some time now ... but
atm, i am running a slightly patched -rc kernel ... if i experience it
again, i will try to debug the issue ....
tim
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