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Re: [FFADO-user] FFADO-user Digest, Vol 40, Issue 6
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From: Ignacio S. <nac...@gm...> - 2010-07-30 21:17:44
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>Hello, > >Hopefully you can help me! I have been using an Audiofire 8 in Ubuntu for >a little while now, and with 9.10 i was able to use the walkthrough for >installing on a 8.10 RT kernel, and it worked great. Since I have >installed 10.04 fresh, I am of course having the issue that everyone else >is having, however, I have not been able to figure out the work around to >get it to recognize the device. Is there a cut and dry walkthrough you >could help me with to get this device working with Ubuntu 10.04. I tried >the old walkthrough with the RT kernel and it didn't work. > >The kernels I have installed are the 2.6.32-26 generic and the 2.6.31-11 RT >currently. I have the Echo Audiofire 4 working with FFado on ubuntu 10.04, make sure you have installed: ffado-tools ffado-mixer-qt4 ffado-dbus-server libffado2 libffado-dev jackd-firewire libraw1394 libiec61883 dbus-1 libxml++2 Qt Qt Python bindings dbus-python bindings Follow the steps from here to get firewire working: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FireWire and to optimize your system an avoid xruns check out this page, especially the realtime script: http://www.soundebian.com.ar/los-5-pasos-para-configurar-nuestro-sistema-rt/ (I don't know any one in English, sorry) To show the ffado mixer run this command on the terminal: ffado-dbus-server and then hit the ffado-mixer icon make sure that you are in the audio and video group and when you run in the terminal ls -al /dev/raw1394 this should came out: crw-rw---- 1 root audio 171, 0 2010-07-30 15:09 /dev/raw1394 (maybe instead of audio it will appear video) hope all goes well, good luck 2010/7/30 <ffa...@li...> > Send FFADO-user mailing list submissions to > ffa...@li... > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ffado-user > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > ffa...@li... > > You can reach the person managing the list at > ffa...@li... > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of FFADO-user digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. [I'm a user and need support] Audiofire 8 in Ubuntu 10.04 > (sho...@ho...) > 2. Re: [I'm a user and need support] fa-101, ubuntu 10.04 > problems (Tomasz Grzelak) > 3. Re: [I'm a user and need support] fa-101, ubuntu 10.04 > problems (Stefan Richter) > 4. Re: Edirol FA-101, ffado and Ubuntu 10.04 don't want to work > (Biby) > 5. Re: Ffado with new Mac Mini, Agere FW643, Focusrite saffire > le, ubuntu 10.04 (sh0099) > 6. [I'm a user and need support] Apogee Duet (sk...@gm...) > 7. [I'm a user and need support] Need help, I'm almost there! > (cas...@gm...) > 8. Re: Ffado with new Mac Mini, Agere FW643, Focusrite saffire > le, ubuntu 10.04 (sh0099) > 9. Re: Ffado with new Mac Mini, Agere FW643, Focusrite saffire > le, ubuntu 10.04 (Stefan Richter) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:52:45 -0700 (PDT) > From: sho...@ho... > Subject: [FFADO-user] [I'm a user and need support] Audiofire 8 in > Ubuntu 10.04 > To: ffa...@li... > Message-ID: <201...@ad...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > Brandon sent a message using the contact form at > http://www.ffado.org/?q=contact. > > Hello, > > Hopefully you can help me! I have been using an Audiofire 8 in Ubuntu for > a little while now, and with 9.10 i was able to use the walkthrough for > installing on a 8.10 RT kernel, and it worked great. Since I have > installed 10.04 fresh, I am of course having the issue that everyone else > is having, however, I have not been able to figure out the work around to > get it to recognize the device. Is there a cut and dry walkthrough you > could help me with to get this device working with Ubuntu 10.04. I tried > the old walkthrough with the RT kernel and it didn't work. > > The kernels I have installed are the 2.6.32-26 generic and the 2.6.31-11 RT > currently. > > I am still rather new to the command side of linux and do not know where to > start. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:35:01 +0200 > From: Tomasz Grzelak <tgr...@gm...> > Subject: Re: [FFADO-user] [I'm a user and need support] fa-101, ubuntu > 10.04 problems > To: aar...@ya... > Cc: ffa...@li... > Message-ID: > <AAN...@ma...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > 2010/7/11 <aar...@ya...> > > > aa sent a message using the contact form at > > http://www.ffado.org/?q=contact. > > > > Hi, > > > > I've been running ubuntu 10.04 and i just bought an edirol FA-101 and I'm > > having some problems getting jack to run. My permissions are set up > > properly, i've got my username in the audio and video group, and jack is > > set to use the firewire driver. > > > > When I try to start jack I get the following message: > > > > loading driver .. > > libffado 2.0.0 built Mar 31 2010 14:47:42 > > firewire ERR: Error creating FFADO streaming device > > cannot load driver module firewire > > > > > have you tried to run jack as root? - I know it must be run under a regular > user privileges, but via a root test run you would make sure there's no > access rights problem with your account if it ends up in the same way > > and the other thing: > "*cannot load driver module firewire"* - my first guess would be that > you're > missing a package where the FFADO firewire module resides. > Open your package manager and search for every package containing jack > and/or ffado in their names, and make sure they are installed. > > b.r. > Tomek > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:39:28 +0200 > From: Stefan Richter <st...@s5...> > Subject: Re: [FFADO-user] [I'm a user and need support] fa-101, ubuntu > 10.04 problems > To: Tomasz Grzelak <tgr...@gm...> > Cc: ffa...@li... > Message-ID: <4C4...@s5...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Tomasz Grzelak wrote: > > 2010/7/11 <aar...@ya...> > > > >> aa sent a message using the contact form at > >> http://www.ffado.org/?q=contact. > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> I've been running ubuntu 10.04 and i just bought an edirol FA-101 and > I'm > >> having some problems getting jack to run. My permissions are set up > >> properly, i've got my username in the audio and video group, and jack is > >> set to use the firewire driver. > > Aaron, please post the output of "ffado-diag" and of > "ffado-test ListDevices". > > >> When I try to start jack I get the following message: > >> > >> loading driver .. > >> libffado 2.0.0 built Mar 31 2010 14:47:42 > >> firewire ERR: Error creating FFADO streaming device > >> cannot load driver module firewire > >> > >> > > have you tried to run jack as root? - I know it must be run under a > regular > > user privileges, but via a root test run you would make sure there's no > > access rights problem with your account if it ends up in the same way > > > > and the other thing: > > "*cannot load driver module firewire"* - my first guess would be that > you're > > missing a package where the FFADO firewire module resides. > > Open your package manager and search for every package containing jack > > and/or ffado in their names, and make sure they are installed. > > No, jackd's "cannot load driver module firewire" is most likely just > because of ffado's failure to get up and running. > -- > Stefan Richter > -=====-==-=- -=== =-=-= > http://arcgraph.de/sr/ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:45:00 +0200 > From: Biby <b.l...@nu...> > Subject: Re: [FFADO-user] Edirol FA-101, ffado and Ubuntu 10.04 > don't > want to work > To: ffa...@li... > Message-ID: <201...@nu...> > Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Le lundi 12 juillet 2010 20:30:07, Aaron Peart a ?crit : > > I tried sending this as a non member and received some dort of error > > message so I'm resending it as a member. I apologize if anyone is > getting > > this twice. > > > > I've been running ubuntu 10.04 and i just bought an edirol > > FA-101 and I'm > > having some problems getting jack to run. My > > permissions are set up > > properly, i've got my username in the audio > > and video group, and jack is > > set to use the firewire driver. > > > > When > > I try to start jack I get the following message: > > > > loading driver > > .. > > libffado 2.0.0 built Mar 31 2010 14:47:42 > > firewire ERR: Error > > creating FFADO streaming device > > cannot load driver module firewire > > no > > message buffer overruns > > > > And when I try to run ffadomixer i get > > the following message: > > > > Somehow the connection to the dbus-service > > of FFADO couldn't be > > established. > > > > > > Any suggestions you > > guys can throw at me would be greatly appreciated. Every document I read > > said this device would work with ffado so I know > > it's an issue with > > my computer. > > > > Thanks, > > > > aa > > > > > I don't know if it can help you but maybe try this (??): > go to Ubuntu 10.04 lines > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Firewire > > m0m0.... > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint > > What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? > > Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first > > _______________________________________________ > > FFADO-user mailing list > > FFA...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ffado-user > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:49:33 +0200 > From: sh0099 <sh...@gm...> > Subject: Re: [FFADO-user] Ffado with new Mac Mini, Agere FW643, > Focusrite saffire le, ubuntu 10.04 > To: ffa...@li... > Message-ID: <4C4...@gm...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > hallo > > i still did not find a final solution for xruns on my (current) macmini. > i get a realy big dropout every ca. 7minutes. also when i have a big > buffersize. > i have no problems with smallbuffersizes like 16 or 8 samples. > ... i have to say that i have the same problem on os x (tested with > supercollider) and no real low latency i mean low buffer sizes... so > ffado is allready realy great!! > > i tryed the msi flag for the nvidia driver but this did change things to > the worth cpu usage of 8% lead allready to xruns lots of xruns wile > without msi enableing i get only the every few minutes one also when i > have 80% cpu usage. > > i dont realy understand msi but do you think it is worth do try to > enable both msi on fw and nvidia? sounds for me counter intuitive. > > any idea how i could find out what leads to the big dropout every few > minutes? > > best > olaf > > > Stefan Richter schrieb: > > sh0099 wrote: > > > >> Clemens Ladisch schrieb: > >> > >>> You can try to get separate IRQs by enabling MSI. > >>> > >>> For the FireWire driver, try this kernel patch: > >>> > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/ieee1394/linux1394-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=262444eecce40950af19ea4d75a3dc03b3c07283 > >>> > >> sounds interesting but i never compiled a kernel myself. > >> do you think it is worth a try? > >> do you have an idea where i will find a strep by step explanation > >> > > > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Kernel/Compile > > > > > >>> For the nvida driver, create a file /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf with > >>> this line: > >>> > >>> options nvidia NVreg_EnableMSI=1 > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> i think i should only do this after i patched the kernel, right? > >> > > > > This is meant to work without patch with your present kernel. I may be > > wrong as I am not too familiar with MSI, but perhaps this alone (i.e. > > still without MSI in firewire-ohci), already improves your setup enough. > > IOW try this before you try to patch + build + install an own kernel. > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:28:29 -0700 (PDT) > From: sk...@gm... > Subject: [FFADO-user] [I'm a user and need support] Apogee Duet > To: ffa...@li... > Message-ID: <201...@ad...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > kureta sent a message using the contact form at > http://ffado.org/?q=contact. > > Hi, > > Apogee Duet is listed as "Unkown". Should I install ffado and try? Because > I don't want to mess with my Ubuntu installation, even Windows does not > support Duet so I don't have high hopes. > > Thanks for your efforts > > kureta > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:36:07 -0700 (PDT) > From: cas...@gm... > Subject: [FFADO-user] [I'm a user and need support] Need help, I'm > almost there! > To: ffa...@li... > Message-ID: <201...@ad...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > Marco Case sent a message using the contact form at > http://www.ffado.org/?q=contact. > > Hi, > I'm using FFADO under ubuntu-linux on a dedicated machine, and my soundcard > is an M-Audio Ozonic. Following various tutorials I have correctly set up > everything I need to make my soundcard work under linux, but there's just > something that still isn't working... > I tried to use my Ozonic with jack, which loaded correctly, into my DAW > (renoise) and I can see the meters moving, everything seems to work but no > audio from my soundcard... It seems muted? I don't know what else to do, > and I'm quite frustrated, because I was almost there... > Can you help me? > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:53:55 +0200 > From: sh0099 <sh...@gm...> > Subject: Re: [FFADO-user] Ffado with new Mac Mini, Agere FW643, > Focusrite saffire le, ubuntu 10.04 > To: ffa...@li... > Message-ID: <4C5...@gm...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > after some more test i am at this state: > a xrun every few minutes but a big one (computer hangs for a second) > > in the moment i run my system without lounching X11 with no nvidia > driver etc. > so there is no irq sharing. > i changed the irqproritys as described in the ffado-wik. > > so the question how can i find out what blocks the computer? > the xrun is likely to happen when i start a programm like top or > cpufreq-info > > can it be a problem with the new-firewire-stack? > or is it just the case that the soundcard is not that good? because i > have the same problem in osx. > > thank you all allready for the effort you have put into ffado! > best > olaf > > > > > > Stefan Richter schrieb: > > sh0099 wrote: > > > >> Clemens Ladisch schrieb: > >> > >>> You can try to get separate IRQs by enabling MSI. > >>> > >>> For the FireWire driver, try this kernel patch: > >>> > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/ieee1394/linux1394-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=262444eecce40950af19ea4d75a3dc03b3c07283 > >>> > >> sounds interesting but i never compiled a kernel myself. > >> do you think it is worth a try? > >> do you have an idea where i will find a strep by step explanation > >> > > > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Kernel/Compile > > > > > >>> For the nvida driver, create a file /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf with > >>> this line: > >>> > >>> options nvidia NVreg_EnableMSI=1 > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> i think i should only do this after i patched the kernel, right? > >> > > > > This is meant to work without patch with your present kernel. I may be > > wrong as I am not too familiar with MSI, but perhaps this alone (i.e. > > still without MSI in firewire-ohci), already improves your setup enough. > > IOW try this before you try to patch + build + install an own kernel. > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:33:28 +0200 > From: Stefan Richter <st...@s5...> > Subject: Re: [FFADO-user] Ffado with new Mac Mini, Agere FW643, > Focusrite saffire le, ubuntu 10.04 > To: sh0099 <sh...@gm...> > Cc: ffa...@li... > Message-ID: <4C5...@s5...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > sh0099 wrote: > >> i still did not find a final solution for xruns on my (current) macmini. > >> i get a realy big dropout every ca. 7minutes. also when i have a big > >> buffersize. > >> i have no problems with smallbuffersizes like 16 or 8 samples. > >> ... i have to say that i have the same problem on os x (tested with > >> supercollider) and no real low latency i mean low buffer sizes... so > >> ffado is allready realy great!! > >> > >> i tryed the msi flag for the nvidia driver but this did change things to > >> the worth cpu usage of 8% lead allready to xruns lots of xruns wile > >> without msi enableing i get only the every few minutes one also when i > >> have 80% cpu usage. > >> > >> i dont realy understand msi but do you think it is worth do try to > >> enable both msi on fw and nvidia? sounds for me counter intuitive. > > One of them using MSI is better than none, but both would be even > better. MSIs are not shared, unlike classic IRQ lines. > > >> any idea how i could find out what leads to the big dropout every few > >> minutes? > > Some poking in the dark: Unload all non-essential kernel drivers, one > after another. If you use WLAN, try not to. If you have Bluetooth > peripherals, try USB ones. > > Maybe this tool can help answer it: http://www.latencytop.org/ > > > after some more test i am at this state: > > a xrun every few minutes but a big one (computer hangs for a second) > > > > in the moment i run my system without lounching X11 with no nvidia > > driver etc. > > so there is no irq sharing. > > i changed the irqproritys as described in the ffado-wik. > > > > so the question how can i find out what blocks the computer? > > the xrun is likely to happen when i start a programm like top or > > cpufreq-info > > Strange. > > > can it be a problem with the new-firewire-stack? > > Most unlikely. > > > or is it just the case that the soundcard is not that good? > > No; FireWire soundcards are very much isolated from a PC due to the > FireWire bus. > > > because i have the same problem in osx. > > Maybe there is a severe firmware bug? > > Are temperatures normal in your Mac mini? > > Do you have enough RAM so that there is no paging during normal use? > > There was a report about a rather broken FireWire implementation in an > iMac, but this is an older revision of the Agere FW643 (rev 5, not like > your rev 7 or the rev 7 card that I have in an AMD based PC): > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=560285 > But not only is this an older chip revision, it might also be a damaged > one that slipped through quality control, from how that report sounds. > -- > Stefan Richter > -=====-==-=- -=== ====- > http://arcgraph.de/sr/ > > > > ------------------------------ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the > Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share > of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. Visit us here for more details: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/dev2dev-palm > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > FFADO-user mailing list > FFA...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ffado-user > > > End of FFADO-user Digest, Vol 40, Issue 6 > ***************************************** > -- Ignacio Stoppani www.myspace.com/ignaciostoppani |