From: <mor...@gm...> - 2007-04-20 22:37:06
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Developers still needed? I guess so =3D) I just received my brand new FocusRite Saffire Pro 10i/o. I would like to help with whatever needs to be done. I do have some experience, but not much with drivers. I have browsed trough the developer document in the freebob wiki, but have not had the time to look at the code yet. But, before I get all carried away, I really need the unit working first. I hava a four pin firewire port on my Dell Inspiron 9400 laptop. Ricoh firewire chip I believe. I have bought a firewire cable converter plug thingy that converts 6pin to 4pin. My problem is, the unit is not detected i neighter windows nor linux (at least nothing happens when I connect/disconnect it. Checked both log/messages and dmesg). The connector is possibly the reason. The cable (6pin) with two 6pin to 4pin plugs cost about 4=80, maybe less. I will get a proper cable tomorrow to see if that helps, but if anyone know something I could try, please give a hint. Best regards -Morgan- |
From: Ctirad F. <c....@vo...> - 2007-04-21 09:55:27
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> But, before I get all carried away, I really need the unit working > first. I hava a four pin firewire port on my Dell Inspiron 9400 > laptop. Ricoh firewire chip I believe. I have bought a firewire cable > converter plug thingy that converts 6pin to 4pin. My problem is, the > unit is not detected i neighter windows nor linux (at least nothing > happens when I connect/disconnect it. Checked both log/messages and > dmesg). Have you used the external power supply? The 4pin firewire is unpowered. Regards, Ctirad |
From: <mor...@gm...> - 2007-04-21 20:37:33
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> Have you used the external power supply? The 4pin firewire is unpowered. > Yes, I have. Best regards -Morgan- |
From: <mor...@gm...> - 2007-04-21 21:36:33
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On 22/04/07, Morgan T=F8rvolt <mor...@gm...> wrote: > > Have you used the external power supply? The 4pin firewire is unpowered= . > > > > Yes, I have. > > Best regards > > -Morgan- > New info. My firewire port is broken. My buddy here has the exact same laptop, and his works. Everything is exactly the same on the two. Now that I look at it, it seems like there has been a production error, as one of the pins looks lik it is missing. Thanks for the help. Now I need to call Dell to get them to fix this. I guess that will happen when I get to Norway in a week. -Morgan- |
From: Ctirad F. <pha...@vo...> - 2007-04-21 08:22:08
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> But, before I get all carried away, I really need the unit working > first. I hava a four pin firewire port on my Dell Inspiron 9400 > laptop. Ricoh firewire chip I believe. I have bought a firewire cable > converter plug thingy that converts 6pin to 4pin. My problem is, the > unit is not detected i neighter windows nor linux (at least nothing > happens when I connect/disconnect it. Checked both log/messages and > dmesg). Have you used the external power supply? The 4pin firewire is unpowered. Regards, Ctirad |
From: Pieter P. <pi...@jo...> - 2007-04-22 09:32:45
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Morgan Tørvolt wrote: > On 22/04/07, Morgan Tørvolt <mor...@gm...> wrote: >>> Have you used the external power supply? The 4pin firewire is unpowered. >>> >> Yes, I have. >> >> Best regards >> >> -Morgan- >> > > New info. My firewire port is broken. My buddy here has the exact same > laptop, and his works. Everything is exactly the same on the two. Now > that I look at it, it seems like there has been a production error, as > one of the pins looks lik it is missing. > > Thanks for the help. Now I need to call Dell to get them to fix this. > I guess that will happen when I get to Norway in a week. > You might end up very unhappy after their repair anyway since the Ricoh chipset is buggy. It is unusable for firewire audio use. You'll have to get an add-on card with a different chipset. Pieter |
From: <mor...@gm...> - 2007-04-22 10:27:40
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> You might end up very unhappy after their repair anyway since the Ricoh > chipset is buggy. It is unusable for firewire audio use. You'll have to > get an add-on card with a different chipset. We had some issues with the firewire port under windows as well, so I do believe that your could be right. Will do some more testing though. A firewire add-on card is not all that expensive anyway. Any good recommendations on this? I have an express-card slot. -Morgan- |
From: Pieter P. <pi...@jo...> - 2007-04-22 09:32:58
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Morgan Tørvolt wrote: > Developers still needed? > > I guess so =) > I just received my brand new FocusRite Saffire Pro 10i/o. I would like > to help with whatever needs to be done. I do have some experience, but > not much with drivers. I have browsed trough the developer document in > the freebob wiki, but have not had the time to look at the code yet. > Your guess is very correct :) We can still use developers. Pieter |
From: <mor...@gm...> - 2007-04-22 10:37:38
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> Your guess is very correct :) > > We can still use developers. Goodie =) I will first try out what you have to see what is available. Any pointers on where to start? I have little experience with jack, ffado/freebob and alsa. I have made some apps using alsa and jack a long time ago. I am in the middle for moving temporarily (to another country) so I will have my hands full for the next few weeks at least. My personal first priority will be to get Amarok to play my music on the headset outputs. When I have that, I need to get volume control on line-out so that I don't blow my speakers. I will use the card as a pre-amp (balanced inputs on my amp). How much of this works already? Amarok uses xine, and I have gathered that xine supports jack now, but what about alsa? -Morgan- |