Re: [Alsa-user] RME HDSP and Suse 10.1, will NOT work... # 2

[Friedrich_Ewaldt <fri...@gm...>]

on 11/28/2006 01:03 PM, Tim Barker wrote:
>>> I've used the modules.d/sound script for the hdsp as suggested in 
>>> several emails and websites.  The problem is the card doesn't appear 
>>> in Jack, Qjackctl or many other things.
>> How do you check? have a look in /proc/asound/cards if your hdsp is
> mentioned there. Does hdspmixer work?
> 
> #cat /proc/asound/cards
>  0 [I82801CAICH3   ]: ICH - Intel 82801CA-ICH3
>                       Intel 82801CA-ICH3 with AD1886A at 0x4000, irq 5
>  1 [DSP            ]: H-DSP - Hammerfall DSP
>                       RME Hammerfall DSP + Multiface at 0x24000000, irq 11
>  
> As per prior listing.
> 
> Yes, hdspmixer does work from both a menu and a console window.
> 
> 
>> If everything seems ok, write the following in your .asoundrc (create the
> file if it doesn't exist in your >home directory):
>> pcm.multiface_test {
>>            type plug
>>            ttable.0.0 1
>>            ttable.1.1 1
>>            slave.pcm {
>>                    type hw
>>                    card 0
>>            }
>> }
>>
>>
>> and then try
>> aplay -D multiface_test SOME_WAVE_FILE.WAV
>> (you have to change the card number 'card 0' if the hdsp is not the first
> card in your system. you can get >the card number from
>> /proc/asound/cards)
>>
>>
> 
> File .asoundrc does exist in home directory but contains listing starting
> pcm.hdsp... From http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7024#comment-9587 
> Structure seems to be the same.  But I mv-ed to .asoundrc.old and recreated
> with your listing...
> 
> Didn't work immediately so rebooted...
> Wow, does work with hdspmixer loaded but not otherwise,  I think I have made
> some progress, many thanks.  Now I need to work out how to use JACK etc and
> working with a recording prog...  Back to the reading post.  But first might
> change back to the old listing and see whether that works as above. Yup,
> works as hdsp_analog as per the listing but does need to have the hdspmixer
> running (at least to start with).
> 
> At last I think I have made some progress.  I'll check the other page as
> suggested.
> 
> Many thanks again, you have helped to restore some sanity in my daily life.
> 
fine! then the only problem were the settings of the matrix mixer (all
channels are muted after reboot). you just have to set gain values >0
for the correct channels as described at the bottom of this site:
http://alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php?company=RME&card=Hammerfall+DSP+9652.&chip=FPGA&module=hdsp

Starting hdspmixer loads some default values and this way unmutes some
channels. (i don't know which, perhaps a 1/1 mapping from playback
channels to physical output channels. i depends on the preset you choose
in the hdspmixer application)

you can always set the matrix mixer gain values with the
amixer ... cest numid=5 ...
commands shown on the alsa-project website about the hdsp module (linke
above).