8 Mar
2006
8 Mar
'06
12:06 p.m.
Hi all,
I'm currently attempting to set up an Acer 3220 laptop running Gentoo.
The soundcard I'm using is an Echo Indigo IO PCMCIA. The card worked
fine with my last laptop and works ok in Windows on the new computer.
So it's definitely something to do with Linux on this laptop.
The problem is that Linux doesn't seem to see it at all - no mention in
dmesg or /var/log/messages apart from an acknowledgment that there's a
card in the slot. The internal Intel card and an Edirol UM-2 are seen
fine so ALSA is presumably ok (snd-indigoio modprobes without any errors
as well). I've tried the Gentoo 2.6.15 kernel and MM sources 2.6.16
with the same results. Also tried ALSA 1.0.10 and 1.0.11. The laptop
has a Yenta cardbus bridge which is supported and detected so I don't
think that's the issue.
To be honest I don't have any idea where to start with solving this
problem so any help would be much appreciated. I'm not keen to go down
the new hardware route but if anyone does have reports of working
configurations with this (or a similar) laptop that'd also be good.
Cheers,
Jonny
www.jeremah.co.uk
8 Mar
8 Mar
3:20 p.m.
On 3/8/06, Jonny Stutters <jstutters(a)jeremah.co.uk> wrote:
So it's definitely something to do with Linux on
this laptop.
To be honest I don't have any idea where to start with solving this
problem so any help would be much appreciated. I'm not keen to go down
the new hardware route but if anyone does have reports of working
configurations with this (or a similar) laptop that'd also be good.
I own the Echo Indigo output-only card, and I can confirm that this
works in Linux just fine. However, it is not "out-of-the-box." You
must install the ALSA firmware package for this card to work.
Otherwise, you won't see anything about the card in dmesg,
/var/log/whatever, etc.
Back when I was trying to get it to work, I emailed the author of the
driver. His first name is Giuliano (forgive me if I misspelled it).
Here is a cut from the email he sent me:
On 01-Dec-2005 Josh Lawrence wrote:
Well now I'm deep in the fight of trying to get it
to work - hotplug
will not load the firmware. I cannot find your site anymore, so can
you give me the quick instructions on the symlink that must be created
for the firmware to load? Anything I need to do before that, like
load the module?
It's on http://www.webalice.it/g_pochini/ead .
You have to install the hotplug scripts (they should be installed in
/etc/hotplug/ and /etc/hotplug.d/), alsa-firmware and alsa-driver.
Also, there is an entry in /proc that must point to the main hotplug
script. A script in /etc/rc.d should set it up at boot time.
On Thu, 1 Dec 2005, Josh Lawrence wrote:
Does all this happen (adding of the scripts in rc.d)
during the
firmware install?
No, alsa-firmware only installs the firmware in /lib/firmware .
You have to get the scripts from kernel.org or download the appropriate
package of you distro.
Also, check what /lib/firmware is. Usually the scripts (firmware-agent
IIRC) looks for firmware files in /lib/firmware , while alsa installs them
in /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware . Fix it with a symlink.
--END CUT--
So to sum it up, get the firmware, make sure you have the hotplug
scripts (which you probably already do), and make sure you make a
simlink from /lib/firmware to /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware.
Hope this helps,
Josh
--
Josh Lawrence
http://www.hardbop200.com
4:34 p.m.
So to sum it up, get the firmware, make sure you have the hotplug
scripts (which you probably already do), and make sure you make a
simlink from /lib/firmware to /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware.
and make sure ALSA_CARDS=indigo is defined in /etc/make.conf. that _should_ be all you
have to do (besids maybe make sure hotplug is checked in kernel config) then emerge
alsa-firmware alsa-driver hotplug && /etc/init.d/alsasound restart...
Hope this helps,
Josh
--
Josh Lawrence
http://www.hardbop200.com
4:38 p.m.
On 3/8/06, cdr <ix(a)replic.net> wrote:
and make sure ALSA_CARDS=indigo is defined in
/etc/make.conf. that _should_ be all you have to do (besids maybe make sure hotplug is
checked in kernel config) then emerge alsa-firmware alsa-driver hotplug &&
/etc/init.d/alsasound restart...
Thanks for the clarification. I should have mentioned that I do not
run Gentoo, so I may not know the specifics for that distro. Sorry
for not mentioning that earlier.
--
Josh Lawrence
http://www.hardbop200.com
4:38 p.m.
On Wed Mar 08, 2006 at 08:34:20PM +0000, cdr wrote:
except for you its 'indigoio'
this ALSA_CARDS and VIDEO_CARDS thing is a big reason i switched to gentoo, after getting
sick of manually setting up video and audio modules on sid (despite it dangling utils like
make-kpkg out like plastic carrots that didnt make the process any easier)
unfortuntely the 'echomixer' util isnt built by the alsa-tools/utils ebuilds for
whatever reason, proably missing in an autoconf script somewhre. you definitely want to
install that, it requires GTK1..
So to sum it up, get the firmware, make sure you have the hotplug
scripts (which you probably already do), and make sure you make a
simlink from /lib/firmware to /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware.
and make sure ALSA_CARDS=indigo
9 Mar
9 Mar
5:22 a.m.
cdr wrote:
Sadly I've done all that and I still get nothing. Hotplug's loading the
firmware for other stuff so that seems to be working. Everything seems
to be completely blind to the indigo.
The problem seems to be quite low level - I don't get any response in
dmesg when the card is inserted apart from an acknowledgment from
pccard. On the working laptop I get messages from the yenta driver and
then some ACPI stuff.
I'm going to try messing with the kernel options to see if I that makes
any difference. Any help with this will be welcome.
Jonny
www.jeremah.co.uk
So to sum it
up, get the firmware, make sure you have the hotplug
scripts (which you probably already do), and make sure you make a
simlink from /lib/firmware to /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware.
and make sure ALSA_CARDS=indigo is defined in /etc/make.conf. that
_should_ be all you have to do (besids maybe make sure hotplug is
checked in kernel config) then emerge alsa-firmware alsa-driver
hotplug && /etc/init.d/alsasound restart... 
8:54 a.m.
On 3/8/06, Jonny Stutters <jstutters(a)jeremah.co.uk> wrote:
Hi all,
I'm currently attempting to set up an Acer 3220 laptop running Gentoo.
The soundcard I'm using is an Echo Indigo IO PCMCIA. The card worked
fine with my last laptop and works ok in Windows on the new computer.
So it's definitely something to do with Linux on this laptop.
Hi!
I am using Indigo IO with Acer 3004 running Gentoo.
Everything works fine!
Try to manually load driver via modprobe and look at dmesg output.
Regards,
Dmitry.
9:33 a.m.
Hi Dmitry,
Dmitry Baikov wrote:
Hi!
I am using Indigo IO with Acer 3004 running Gentoo.
Everything works fine!
Try to manually load driver via modprobe and look at dmesg output.
Hmm.. the 3004 is very similar to the 3220 so I guess it's not a
hardware problem that I'm having. I've tried loading snd-indigoio with
modprobe but there's no relevant dmesg output. Could you tell me which
kernel and alsa version you're using? If you could send me your kernel
.config that'd be great.
Cheers,
Jonny
www.jeremah.co.uk
2:48 p.m.
gentoo-sources-2.6.15-r5
alsa-driver-1.0.10-r2 (1.0.11_rc* have broken intel-hda)
dmesg output on card insertion:
pccard: CardBus card inserted into slot 0
PCI: Enabling device 0000:07:00.0 (0000 -> 0002)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:07:00.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
ALSA
/var/tmp/portage/alsa-driver-1.0.10-r2/work/alsa-driver-1.0.10/pci/echoaudio/echoaudio.c:2005:
Card registered: Indigo IO rev.0 (DSP56361) at 0x54000000 irq 18
make.conf:
ALSA_CARDS="hda-intel indigoio usb-audio"
Kernel config attached.
Hope that'll help.
Good luck,
Dmitry.
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