5 Oct
2011
5 Oct
'11
9:24 p.m.
Dear List,
anyone having experiences with the RME express cards with Multi/Digiface
under Linux and Alsa? Thanks for a quick update!
best, Peter
5 Oct
5 Oct
9:31 p.m.
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Peter Plessas <plessas(a)mur.at> wrote:
anyone having experiences with the RME express cards
with Multi/Digiface
under Linux and Alsa? Thanks for a quick update!
I don't remember if I have a 'regular' PCI card or PCIe for my
Multiface II... what do you need to know about it?
--
Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com
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it would overturn the world."
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9:35 p.m.
Brett McCoy wrote:
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Peter Plessas
<plessas(a)mur.at> wrote:
Thanks Brett, I am interested specificially in the express card for
laptops, that replaced the old PCMCIA card.
best, P.
anyone having experiences with the RME express
cards with Multi/Digiface
under Linux and Alsa? Thanks for a quick update!
I don't remember if I have a 'regular' PCI card or PCIe for my
Multiface II... what do you need to know about it?
9:38 p.m.
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Peter Plessas <plessas(a)mur.at> wrote:
Brett McCoy wrote:
Oh you mean the cardbus?
http://www.rme-audio.de/en_products_hdsp_cardbus_interface.php
Can't help you there
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"In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it,
it would overturn the world."
-- Jelaleddin Rumi
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Peter Plessas <plessas(a)mur.at> wrote:
Thanks Brett, I am interested specificially in the express card for laptops,
that replaced the old PCMCIA card. anyone having experiences with the RME express
cards with Multi/Digiface
under Linux and Alsa? Thanks for a quick update!
I don't remember if I have a 'regular' PCI card or PCIe for my
Multiface II... what do you need to know about it? 
6 Oct
6 Oct
2:39 a.m.
On 10/05/2011 12:35 PM, Peter Plessas wrote:
Brett McCoy wrote:
I use one, no problems (lenovo t510)
-- Fernando
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Peter Plessas
<plessas(a)mur.at> wrote:
Thanks Brett, I am interested specificially in the express card for
laptops, that replaced the old PCMCIA card. anyone having experiences with the RME express
cards with Multi/Digiface
under Linux and Alsa? Thanks for a quick update!
I don't remember if I have a 'regular' PCI card or PCIe for my
Multiface II... what do you need to know about it? 
5:10 p.m.
From: Fernando Lopez-Lezcano <nando(a)ccrma.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: Re: [LAU] rme express cards
Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:39:23 -0700
On 10/05/2011 12:35 PM, Peter Plessas wrote:
same here (express card with the original Multiface, on a T61P).
.pltk.
Brett McCoy wrote:
I use one, no problems (lenovo t510)
-- Fernando On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Peter Plessas
<plessas(a)mur.at> wrote:
Thanks Brett, I am interested specificially in the express card for
laptops, that replaced the old PCMCIA card. anyone having experiences with the RME express
cards with
Multi/Digiface
under Linux and Alsa? Thanks for a quick update!
I don't remember if I have a 'regular' PCI card or PCIe for my
Multiface II... what do you need to know about it?
7:33 p.m.
plutek wrote:
From: Fernando Lopez-Lezcano
<nando(a)ccrma.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: Re: [LAU] rme express cards
Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:39:23 -0700
Thank you all for your kind replies! Seems like the way to go with
recent laptops then! Cheers, P.
On 10/05/2011 12:35 PM, Peter Plessas wrote:
same here (express card with the original Multiface, on a T61P).
.pltk. Brett McCoy wrote:
I use one, no problems (lenovo t510)
-- Fernando On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Peter Plessas
<plessas(a)mur.at> wrote:
> anyone having experiences with the RME express cards with
> Multi/Digiface
> under Linux and Alsa? Thanks for a quick update!
I don't remember if I have a 'regular' PCI card or PCIe for my
Multiface II... what do you need to know about it?
Thanks Brett, I am interested
specificially in the express card for
laptops, that replaced the old PCMCIA card. 
5 Oct
5 Oct
9:36 p.m.
On Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 09:24:25PM +0200, Peter Plessas wrote:
anyone having experiences with the RME express cards
with Multi/Digiface
under Linux and Alsa? Thanks for a quick update!
I've been using one with the Multiface II for the last 8 months,
it works perfectly.
The only problem I see with it is the delicacy of the mechanical
latch that is supposed to keep the card in place. The cable
connecting it to the Multi/Digiface is quite stiff, enough to
break the latch when you move the cable with any force. As
happened to me when some *!#^$ composer put his shoulder bag
on it during a concert. Since then it's possible to pull out
the card without pushing it inward first, and I have to
gaffer-tape he cable to the table to prevent this happening
accidentally.
Greetings from Berlusconistan,
--
FA
9:48 p.m.
Fons Adriaensen wrote:
On Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 09:24:25PM +0200, Peter
Plessas wrote:
So the card is transparent to the Alsa drivers in the sense
that there
is no difference between the PCMCIA and the Expresscard version. Is
there firmware issues?
anyone having experiences with the RME express
cards with Multi/Digiface
under Linux and Alsa? Thanks for a quick update!
I've been using one with the Multiface II for the last 8 months,
it works perfectly.
The only problem I see with it is the delicacy of the mechanical
latch that is supposed to keep the card in place. The cable
connecting it to the Multi/Digiface is quite stiff, enough to
break the latch when you move the cable with any force. As
happened to me when some *!#^$ composer put his shoulder bag
on it during a concert. Since then it's possible to pull out
the card without pushing it inward first, and I have to
gaffer-tape he cable to the table to prevent this happening
accidentally.
Oh yes, exactly what I did for the last years with my trusty old
PCMCIA+Multiface combination.
Greetings from Berlusconistan,
Yes, I read that
today. Such a sad thing. Let's stay positive though.
best, Peter
9:55 p.m.
> Greetings from Berlusconistan,
Hey, here it's Sarkozystan, my bro
Yes, I read that today. Such a sad thing. Let's
stay positive though.
+1 on that
best, Peter
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10:16 p.m.
On Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 09:48:39PM +0200, Peter Plessas wrote:
So the card is transparent to the Alsa drivers in the
sense that there
is no difference between the PCMCIA and the Expresscard version. Is
there firmware issues?
I didn't experience any problems, things just worked OOTB with
a plain Archlinux installation (which is 'minimal' compared to
some other distros), and nothing extra.
The one thing I didn't find out so far is how to enable the card
if it is plugged in after booting. It should just be a matter of
restarting the right set of modules, but I must be missing one.
Ciao,
--
FA
10:28 p.m.
Fons Adriaensen wrote:
On Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 09:48:39PM +0200, Peter
Plessas wrote:
Whenever my kernels were responsible for uploading the firmware, they
did whenever the card was inserted.
Did you try 'pccardctl eject; pccardctl insert'?
Don't know if hdsploader can be used to force an upload.
best, P
So the card is transparent to the Alsa drivers in
the sense that there
is no difference between the PCMCIA and the Expresscard version. Is
there firmware issues?
I didn't experience any problems, things just worked OOTB with
a plain Archlinux installation (which is 'minimal' compared to
some other distros), and nothing extra.
The one thing I didn't find out so far is how to enable the card
if it is plugged in after booting. It should just be a matter of
restarting the right set of modules, but I must be missing one.
Ciao,
10:31 p.m.
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 1:28 PM, Peter Plessas <plessas(a)mur.at> wrote:
Fons Adriaensen wrote:
Forgive the slight hijack here......but does the ffado stuff work with the
RME stuff now? Have I just been under a rock? <--totally possible.
On Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 09:48:39PM +0200, Peter
Plessas wrote:
So the card is transparent to the Alsa drivers in the sense that there
Whenever my kernels were responsible for uploading the firmware, they did
whenever the card was inserted.
Did you try 'pccardctl eject; pccardctl insert'?
Don't know if hdsploader can be used to force an upload.
best, P
is no difference between the PCMCIA and the
Expresscard version. Is there
firmware issues?
I didn't experience any problems, things just worked OOTB with
a plain Archlinux installation (which is 'minimal' compared to
some other distros), and nothing extra.
The one thing I didn't find out so far is how to enable the card
if it is plugged in after booting. It should just be a matter of
restarting the right set of modules, but I must be missing one.
Ciao,
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10:39 p.m.
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 4:31 PM, Aaron L. <elmastero74(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Forgive the slight hijack here......but does the ffado
stuff work with the
RME stuff now? Have I just been under a rock? <--totally possible.
http://www.ffado.org/?q=node/1974
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"In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it,
it would overturn the world."
-- Jelaleddin Rumi
10:41 p.m.
On Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 10:28:13PM +0200, Peter Plessas wrote:
Whenever my kernels were responsible for uploading the
firmware, they
did whenever the card was inserted.
Did you try 'pccardctl eject; pccardctl insert'?
No, and I can't try it now since I don't have the machine
here ATM. But I will.
Don't know if hdsploader can be used to force an
upload.
I don't use hdsploader at all, and AFAIK even don't have it
installed. The driver will load the firmware, in any. And
I don't think it's a matter of firmware uploading. IIRC
(but I could be wrong), the cards doesn't even appear in
lspci if inserted after booting.
Ciao,
--
FA
8 Oct
8 Oct
1:49 p.m.
On 10/05/2011 10:41 PM, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
On Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 10:28:13PM +0200, Peter
Plessas wrote:
yeah, i think this is the root cause of the problem. if the card has
been found, you can use hdsploader to re-upload the firmware iirc, but
unless you see it in lspci, there's nothing you could do.
i have the same issue with an expresscard ieee1394 adaptor - it will
only work when it's inserted before booting.
Whenever my kernels were responsible for
uploading the firmware, they
did whenever the card was inserted.
Did you try 'pccardctl eject; pccardctl insert'?
No, and I can't try it now since I don't have the machine
here ATM. But I will.
Don't know if hdsploader can be used to force
an upload.
I don't use hdsploader at all, and AFAIK even don't have it
installed. The driver will load the firmware, in any. And
I don't think it's a matter of firmware uploading. IIRC
(but I could be wrong), the cards doesn't even appear in
lspci if inserted after booting.
9:53 p.m.
On Sat, Oct 08, 2011 at 01:49:08PM +0200, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote:
yeah, i think this is the root cause of the problem.
if the card has
been found, you can use hdsploader to re-upload the firmware iirc, but
unless you see it in lspci, there's nothing you could do.
i have the same issue with an expresscard ieee1394 adaptor - it will
only work when it's inserted before booting.
Which leaves us with 2 possibilities:
1. Linux relies on the BIOS to detect the card, and in
that case there's probably no way to have it working if
inserted after booting,
2. Or there is something in the boot sequence that scans
the pci bus, and in that case it should be possible to
repeat that operation.
I've no idea wich one is correct, if any.
On a related note, I have a PCIe Raydat that even locks
up the PC it's supposed to be used in before it even
reaches the boot menu. But according to the firm we got
it from there's nothing wrong with it, and they refuse
to replace or exchange it.
Ciao,
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