20 Apr
2006
20 Apr
'06
10:03 a.m.
Hi,
I recently bought a VX Pocket V2. Great soundcard (on windows) and
finally one with linux drivers for my laptop (which will be great when
it works)
I've been trying various interpretations of the instructions on the ALSA
page.
http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php?company=Digigram&…
<http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php?company=Digigram&card=VXpocket+440.&chip=Motorola+DSP&module=vxpocket>
but still no luck. I'm relatively new to linux and it's been a
crash-course getting this far. But I'm stuck and need some help. I
think maybe the instructions make assumptions about linux knowledge that
I don't have - like how do I turn on module support?
I'm using Demudi - a 2.6 kernel - I've installed the firmware through
synaptic
but also downloaded the latest stable alsa tools, utils, lib, drivers
and firmware packages as per the instructions. Also had to download gcc
and make and some other things
but it seems like the instructions are incomplete
make install says something about no path specified
./configure doesn't work
make build says the same thing
not sure what to do next.
It said something about a newer kernel
but this shouldn't be necessary
as the linux drivers were working a few years ago.
and I don't want to do an apt-get dist-upgrade
because when I tried that nothing worked at all.
anyway thanks in advance
peace
Hamish
Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com
20 Apr
20 Apr
11:30 a.m.
On Thursday 20 April 2006 13:03, Hamish Low was like:
Hi,
I recently bought a VX Pocket V2. Great soundcard (on windows) and
finally one with linux drivers for my laptop (which will be great when
it works)
I've been trying various interpretations of the instructions on the ALSA
page.
http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php?company=Digigram&…
card=VXpocket+440.&chip=Motorola+DSP&module=vxpocket
<http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php?company=Digigram
&card=VXpocket+440.&chip=Motorola+DSP&module=vxpocket> but still no luck.
I'm relatively new to linux and it's been a
crash-course getting this far. But I'm stuck and need some help. I
think maybe the instructions make assumptions about linux knowledge that
I don't have - like how do I turn on module support?
I do not understand this either. You usually need to compile and install
modules. IANAX - fairly sure that module support is enabled by default.
I'm using Demudi - a 2.6 kernel - I've
installed the firmware through
synaptic
OK, little warning about Linux mindsets. This is the 2.6.12-multimedia kernel?
Most developers consider this to be out of date, but then most developers
consider anything stable to be no longer worth supporting. You may get told
to go compile a more recent kernel because it solves many other problems that
they find boring, frustrating and a distraction from the work that they need
to be getting on with. This does not necessarily mean that what you want to
do is impossible.
Hopefully there will be a more up-to-date DeMuDi kernel soon, but there is no
timeline for this. If you do decide you need to rebuild your kernel,
instructions are here:
http://demudi.agnula.org/wiki/Low-latencyKernelBuildingHowto
Doing it the Debian way is about as painless as kernel building gets, but you
are still going to have to get savvy about the configuration.
but also downloaded the latest stable alsa tools,
utils, lib, drivers
and firmware packages as per the instructions. Also had to download gcc
and make and some other things
but it seems like the instructions are incomplete
make install says something about no path specified
./configure doesn't work
make build says the same thing
not sure what to do next.
Put Debian sources in your /etc/apt/source.list and
apt-get install build essential
It said something about a newer kernel
but this shouldn't be necessary
as the linux drivers were working a few years ago.
and I don't want to do an apt-get dist-upgrade
because when I tried that nothing worked at all.
Yep, do not dist-upgrade right now. The body of the ALSA Digigram VXpocket 440
page seems rather out of date and includes a lot of instructions that you
should not need to deal with under DeMuDi. In fact they could be
counter-productive. All you should have to do is compile / install /
configure the modules.
--
cheers,
tim hall
http://glastonburymusic.org.uk/tim
9:15 a.m.
On Friday 21 April 2006 10:06, Asbjørn Sæbø was like:
On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 02:30:07PM +0100, tim hall
wrote:
Ooops, thank you, I did. That dash is essential.
--
cheers,
tim hall
http://glastonburymusic.org.uk/tim
[...]
Put Debian sources in your /etc/apt/source.list and
apt-get install build essential
I think you mean "build-essential" (with a dash). 
7:04 a.m.
On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 12:03:19AM +1200, Hamish Low wrote:
Hi,
I recently bought a VX Pocket V2. Great soundcard (on windows) and
finally one with linux drivers for my laptop (which will be great when
it works)
As you know, I have been having problems with this card too. I am
hoping to persuade someone to have a look at it at LAC in Karlsruhe next
week. Hopefully, something will come out of that.
I've been trying various interpretations of the
instructions on the ALSA
page.
http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php?company=Digigram&…
<http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php?company=Digigram&card=VXpocket+440.&chip=Motorola+DSP&module=vxpocket>
but still no luck. I'm relatively new to linux and it's been a
crash-course getting this far.
I pity you. I have been using Linux since 1995, and still find getting
this soundcard to work difficult.
But I'm stuck and need some help. I
think maybe the instructions make assumptions about linux knowledge that
I don't have - like how do I turn on module support?
That should already be turned on by default.
I'm using Demudi - a 2.6 kernel - I've
installed the firmware through
synaptic
DeMuDi is Debian-based. And Debian does not ship proprietary firmware.
Did you get the firmware from elsewhere?
Asbjørn
6793
days inactive
6794
days old
linux-audio-user@lists.linuxaudio.org
4 comments
3 participants
participants (3)
-
Asbjørn Sæbø -
Hamish Low -
tim hall