Re: vxpocket 440 with alsa, problems with vxloader

[Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>]

At Fri, 14 Jan 2005 12:42:20 +0100,
andersvi@extern.uio.no wrote:
> 
> Im having trouble getting a Digigram VXPocket PCMCIA with alsa.
> 
> copied vxp440.conf to /etc/pcmcia/ - makes the card recognised by
> cardmgr when inserted.
> 
> The drivers - snd_vxp440 and friend, seem to load and run.
> Either by entering them in /etc/modprobe.conf or having them
> loaded by cardmgr.
> 
>   $/sbin/lsmod | grep vx
>   snd_vxp440              4800  0 
>   snd_vx_cs              14848  1 snd_vxp440
>   snd_vx_lib             45696  1 snd_vx_cs
>   snd_hwdep              10784  1 snd_vx_lib
>   snd_pcm               120968  4 snd_pcm_oss,snd_vx_lib,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
>   snd                    72836  11 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_vx_cs,snd_vx_lib,snd_hwdep,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
>   pcmcia                 22148  6 snd_vxp440,snd_vx_cs
>   pcmcia_core            59840  3 snd_vx_cs,pcmcia,yenta_socket
> 
> However, running vxloader only leaves me with an error:
> 
>   $ vxloader
>   vxloader: no VX-compatible cards found
>   $
> 
> running alsaconf doesnt find any vxpocket card.
> 
> alsa is version 1.0.7

vxpocket/vxp440 driver in ALSA 1.0.7 has a severe bug.
Try ALSA 1.0.8 instead.

On ALSA 1.0.8, the firmware is loaded via hotplug automatically, so
you don't need vxloader.  (It's only for 2.6 kernels.)
Don't forget to update alsa-firmware, too.


Takashi


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