[PlanetCCRMA] Self-configuring system Was:*Solved* Midisport8x8/s Was:Chasing my tail with ALSA

[Michael]

Hi all,
Rebooted, and still don't have the Midisport 8x8. Yep, I even tried 
unplugging it, and replugging it hot to see if the system would pick it 
up, but it didn't (though lsusb acknowledged it's removal when I pulled 
the cable, and it's presence when recabled). Well, at least Qjackctl and 
Audour works :-) Now if I can only get the Midisport 8x8 to work this 
would system be perfect.

-Mike

Michael wrote:

> Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
>
>>> Here is the output from modules.conf The only thing I tried was to 
>>> put the
>>> add options line first, to see if that would help, but it didn't 
>>> seem to
>>> affect the system. As far as I can tell, this system I'm on, has 
>>> only one
>>> active card, the SB512 PCI, and the embedded card on the motherboard 
>>> has
>>> been disabled in BIOS.
>>>   
>>
>>
>> Well, you also have the midisport, right? That is a second "card".
>
> Lesson learned.
>
>>> options ide-cd ignore='hdc hdd'
>>> alias usb-controller usb-uhci
>>>
>>> # --- Keep modules from being autocleaned ---
>>> add options -k snd-card-0
>>> # --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
>>> # --- ALSACONF verion 1.0.1 ---
>>> alias char-major-116 snd
>>> alias char-major-14 soundcore
>>> alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
>>> alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
>>> alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
>>> alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
>>> alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
>>> alias snd-card-0 snd-emu10k1
>>> alias sound-slot-0 snd-emu10k1
>>> # --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
>>>   
>>
>>
>> You still have modules.conf configured to use only one card (that is why
>> you don't see your midisport.
>> Try changing the alsa portion of modules.conf to this:
>>
>> # --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
>> # --- ALSACONF verion 0.9.0 ---
>> alias char-major-116 snd
>> alias snd-card-0 snd-emu10k1
>> alias snd-card-1 snd-usb-audio
>> # --- OSS compatibility
>> alias char-major-14 soundcore
>> alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
>> alias sound-slot-1 snd-card-1
>> alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
>> alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
>> alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
>> alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
>> alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
>> alias sound-service-1-0 snd-mixer-oss
>> alias sound-service-1-3 snd-pcm-oss
>> alias sound-service-1-12 snd-pcm-oss
>> # --- Options
>> options snd major=116 cards_limit=2 device_mode=0666
>> options snd-emu10k1 index=0
>> options snd-usb-audio index=1
>> # --- Keep modules from being autocleaned
>> add options -k snd-card-0
>> add options -k snd-card-1
>>
>> Do a "/sbin/depmod -a" after changing it and restart the alsa driver:
>>  /etc/rc.d/init.d/alsasound stop
>>  /etc/rc.d/init.d/alsasound start
>>  
>>
> Done. Here are my results: Is the message "Sequencer driver 
> snd-seq-midi is already loaded" O.K. to ignore?
>
> [root@localhost mikes]# cd /sbin/
> [root@localhost sbin]# ./depmod -a
> [root@localhost sbin]# cd
> [root@localhost root]# cd /etc/rc.d/init.d/
> [root@localhost init.d]# ./alsasound stop
> Shutting down sound driver                                 [  OK  ]
> [root@localhost init.d]# ./alsasound start
> Starting sound driver snd-emu10k1                          [  OK  ]
> Starting sound driver snd-usb-audio                        [  OK  ]
> Starting sequencer                                         [  OK  ]
> Starting sequencer driver snd-emu10k1-synth                [  OK  ]
> Sequencer driver snd-seq-midi is already loaded
> Restoring sound driver settings                            [  OK  ]
> [root@localhost init.d]#
>
>> If your midisport is plugged in you should see both cards. They 
>> should be listed
>> in:
>>  cat /proc/asound/cards
>>
>> -- Fernando
>>  
>>
> Hmm... here's what I got: I'm a little concerned about card0, which is 
> a directory. There doesn't seem to be any mention of the Midisport 
> here. I'll reboot (read more below).
>
> [root@localhost root]# cat /proc/asound/card
> card0  cards
> [root@localhost root]# cat /proc/asound/cards
> 0 [Live           ]: EMU10K1 - Sound Blaster Live!
>                     Sound Blaster Live! (rev.7) at 0xdf80, irq 9
> [root@localhost root]# cat /proc/asound/card0
> cat: /proc/asound/card0: Is a directory
>
> Just as a side note. Before applying all of the above changes, my 
> system seems to be teetering between to states of operation. In one 
> state of operation, I don't have my Midisport 8x8, but have system 
> sound (beeps/notifications) from my SB512PCI. When I go to CCRMA to 
> configure the sound card, I'll get system sound, but Qjackctl had a 
> little problem starting the card, telling me that assertion failed. 
> When I reboot, I'll have the Midisport 8x8 then, presumably because of 
> the changes I made, but then I loose the sound card (second state of 
> operation). Perhaps the new modules.conf file (above) with *two* cards 
> configured in it will do the trick. Let me reboot, and I'll give you 
> the details in a followup email to this one...
>
> Thanks again, Fernando :-)
> -Mike
>
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