FORWARD - RME Hammerfall HDSP 9652

[Mark Knecht <markknecht@comcast.net>]

Natasha is having email server problems and asked me to forward this to
the list.

- Mark

On Sun, 2003-09-14 at 09:39, Natasha Barrett wrote:
> For some time I have been trying to get the HDSP 9652 sound card
> working under LINUX (with Pd).
> Everything was fine in an old, slower machine. The new machine has
> been impossible, and no-one appears to have had the same problems
> as me. The closest I found was the thread from August about
> firmware revisions. Maybe you can suggest something.
> 
> I currently have rev. 100 of the firmware. Have you tried this?
> 
> Here is a list of alsa & kernel versions tested and the errors they give:
> 
> 1. kernel 2.4.21-1.ll-acpi
> 2. Alsa v 0.9.6
> 
> Result: works OK for anything between 10 minutes to 10 hours and then
> audio stops with input and output values equal levels. No error
> message is given. Audio just stops. The machine may need rebooting 10
> times before audio will resume. It appears random.
> 
> 1. kernel 2.4.21-1.ll-acpi
> 2. Alsa v 0.9.0rc6 (version that worked fine on old machine, can't run 
> old kernel on new machine).
> 
> Result: modprobe snd-hdsp seg faults.
> 
> Have also tried alsa versions:
> 0.9.4 -> made no sound at all.
> 0.9.5 -> Made sound, but only at channel 3-7
> 
> Is it worth trying to upgrade to firmare 101? Is there anyway
> to do this under LINUX, or do I have to install Windows?
> 
> Thanks for any suggestions.
> Natasha Barrett
> 



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