On Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 05:45:03PM -0800, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
Hi, anyone has a pcmcia rme card running? And working? With a reasonably recent alsa? (this probably applies also for the regular pci rme cards, I've had reports on the Planet CCRMA list about problems that sound similar to this one).
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BROKEN means: after starting hdspmixer I get no sound from the analog outputs (all previous tries play sound correctly with the default preset in hdspmixer). Some channels do appear (using a Digiface II). In the "broken" drivers I can get sound with the default preset if I send a signal to channels 7 and 12, all other stay muted.
Something broke drastically in the driver between 2007.08.30 and 2007.10.12.
I can confirm this in the way that I had very similar experiences. Although I do not clearly remember the kernel version I was trying to use, it was alsa 1.0.15 with a rme pcmcia digiface I. No sound was audible, and hdspmixer did not show any signal on the outputs, although (at least in the same configuration with 1.0.14) it was sent to the device.
I just wanted to get some work done, so I did not delve into the problem any deeper. But a fix would certainly be nice.
Regards Christian