Hammerfall hdsploader not working in ubuntu 8.10

Hammerfall hdsploader not working in ubuntu 8.10

[Robert Gründler]

Hi,

i'm using a rme Hammerfall hdsp multiface card which i've never had 
problems so far, due to
the fact that it's pretty well supported.

However, after upgrading to Ubuntu 8.10 the hdsploader fails to upload 
the firmware to the card with the
following error:

hdsploader - firmware loader for RME Hammerfall DSP cards
Looking for HDSP + Multiface or Digiface cards :
Card 0 : RME Hammerfall DSP + Multiface at 0xf87f0000, irq 22
Upload firmware for card hw:0
Hwdep ioctl error on card hw:0 : Device or resource busy.

The hdspmixer shows up without problems but there's no sound in my 
system, which i guess
is caused by the hdsploader problem.

Here's the system info generated by the alsa information script i got in 
the irc channel:

http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=79389b0e9bc3cce3a4d393e02db6ca476f85c4e7

The only difference i noticed between ubuntu 8.04 and 8.10 concerning 
the firmware was
that the alsa-firmware package isn't included in the standard repos 
anymore. I've installed the
package through the Medibuntu repository.

Anyone knows what could cause this behaviour ?


thanks !

-robert

Re: Hammerfall hdsploader not working in ubuntu 8.10

[Tim Blechmann]

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hi robert,

> i'm using a rme Hammerfall hdsp multiface card which i've never had 
> problems so far, due to
> the fact that it's pretty well supported.
> 
> However, after upgrading to Ubuntu 8.10 the hdsploader fails to upload 
> the firmware to the card with the
> following error:
> 
> hdsploader - firmware loader for RME Hammerfall DSP cards
> Looking for HDSP + Multiface or Digiface cards :
> Card 0 : RME Hammerfall DSP + Multiface at 0xf87f0000, irq 22
> Upload firmware for card hw:0
> Hwdep ioctl error on card hw:0 : Device or resource busy.

i did experience some `strange' behavior on my hdsp as well, starting a
few months ago.
in my case, the hdsp tells me, that the io box is not connected. my
workaround was to unload/reload the module.
maybe related to that issue, sometimes, the hdspmixer doesn't read the
meter values from the interface, giving me the same `hwdep ioctl error',
you are experiencing with hdsploader (i don't use hdsploader, since it
is basically obsolete).

i suppose, it is a similar issue, that i am experiencing ... btw are you
running a 32bit or 64bit system?

cheers, tim

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Re: Hammerfall hdsploader not working in ubuntu 8.10

[Robert Gründler]

hi tim,

i've just followed an advice from florian that it's probably related to 
pulseaudio
which apparently now is the default sound server in ubuntu.

After disabling pulsaudio, the card works fine again. I didn't know that 
hdsploader
is obsolete now, i had to use it from time to time in my old system.

If anyone else stumbles upon this, here's how to disable pulseaudio in 
ubuntu intrepid:

http://idyllictux.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/alsa-instead-of-pulseaudio-for-ubuntu-810-intrepid-a-non-destructive-way/

best

-robert


Tim Blechmann schrieb:
> hi robert,
>
>   
>> i'm using a rme Hammerfall hdsp multiface card which i've never had 
>> problems so far, due to
>> the fact that it's pretty well supported.
>>
>> However, after upgrading to Ubuntu 8.10 the hdsploader fails to upload 
>> the firmware to the card with the
>> following error:
>>
>> hdsploader - firmware loader for RME Hammerfall DSP cards
>> Looking for HDSP + Multiface or Digiface cards :
>> Card 0 : RME Hammerfall DSP + Multiface at 0xf87f0000, irq 22
>> Upload firmware for card hw:0
>> Hwdep ioctl error on card hw:0 : Device or resource busy.
>>     
>
> i did experience some `strange' behavior on my hdsp as well, starting a
> few months ago.
> in my case, the hdsp tells me, that the io box is not connected. my
> workaround was to unload/reload the module.
> maybe related to that issue, sometimes, the hdspmixer doesn't read the
> meter values from the interface, giving me the same `hwdep ioctl error',
> you are experiencing with hdsploader (i don't use hdsploader, since it
> is basically obsolete).
>
> i suppose, it is a similar issue, that i am experiencing ... btw are you
> running a 32bit or 64bit system?
>
> cheers, tim
>
>   

Re: Hammerfall hdsploader not working in ubuntu 8.10

[Florian Faber]

Tim,

> i did experience some `strange' behavior on my hdsp as well, starting a
> few months ago.

It was PulseAudio in his case. hdsploader showed an error message
because the firmware was already present.

> in my case, the hdsp tells me, that the io box is not connected. my
> workaround was to unload/reload the module.
> maybe related to that issue, sometimes, the hdspmixer doesn't read the
> meter values from the interface, giving me the same `hwdep ioctl error',
> you are experiencing with hdsploader (i don't use hdsploader, since it
> is basically obsolete).

Didn't we get to the source of this?


Flo
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Re: Hammerfall hdsploader not working in ubuntu 8.10

[Florian Faber]

Robert,

> After disabling pulsaudio, the card works fine again. I didn't know
>  that hdsploader is obsolete now, i had to use it from time to time in
>  my old system.

It is not obsolete, but the driver can load the firmware itself. That
was the case for many years now, which makes me wonder how old your
previous system was.. :)


Flo
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Re: Hammerfall hdsploader not working in ubuntu 8.10

[Tim Blechmann]

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>> in my case, the hdsp tells me, that the io box is not connected. my
>> workaround was to unload/reload the module.
>> maybe related to that issue, sometimes, the hdspmixer doesn't read the
>> meter values from the interface, giving me the same `hwdep ioctl error',
>> you are experiencing with hdsploader (i don't use hdsploader, since it
>> is basically obsolete).
> 
> Didn't we get to the source of this?

i didn't, did you?

cheers, tim

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