getting echoaudio soundcard to work

[Jonathan Leonard]

On Oct 2, 2007, at 12:33 PM, Susan Cragin wrote:

> Jonathan -- thank you. Instructions worked substituting "indigoio" for
> your cardname.
> However, I have a problem editing alsa-base to set the index to 0.
> Should I put it at the top of the "options" list near the end?
> Susan

I would keep my own section after the options.

For example:

#Load my fricken layla you maniacs!
options snd-layla20 index=0


Then crosscheck to make sure nothing conflicts with that  
setting...Make sure only one device is given the value 0, and that  
the device reference is also unique.  Remember to reboot for the  
changes to take affect.

I can't help expressing curiosity for how the -2 for the caiaq driver  
got there as I don't recall the default alsa-base file having a  
reference to this at all.  I thought alsa-base came from Ubuntu  
Studio, not alsa.

Hope this helps!

-jonathan adams leonard




>
> ------------------------------------
>   # autoloader aliases
>   install sound-slot-0 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-0
>   install sound-slot-1 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-1
>   install sound-slot-2 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-2
>   install sound-slot-3 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-3
>   install sound-slot-4 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-4
>   install sound-slot-5 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-5
>   install sound-slot-6 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-6
>   install sound-slot-7 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-7
>
>   # Cause optional modules to be loaded above generic modules
>   install snd /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd && { /sbin/modprobe
> --quiet snd-ioctl32 ;$
>   install snd-pcm /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-pcm && {
> /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-p$
>   install snd-mixer /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-mixer && {
> /sbin/modprobe --quiet s$
>   install snd-seq /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-seq && {
> /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-s$
>   install snd-rawmidi /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-rawmidi && {
> /sbin/modprobe --qui$
>   # Cause optional modules to be loaded above sound card driver  
> modules
>   install snd-emu10k1 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-emu10k1
> $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/$
>   install snd-via82xx /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-via82xx
> $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/$
>
>   # Load saa7134-alsa instead of saa7134 (which gets dragged in by it
> anyway)
>   install saa7134 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install saa7134  
> $CMDLINE_OPTS
> && { /sbin/modprobe$
>
>   # Load snd-seq for devices that don't have hardware midi;
>   #   Ubuntu #26283, #43682, #56005; works around Ubuntu #34831 for
>   #   non-Creative Labs PCI hardware
>   install snd /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd && { /sbin/modprobe
> -Qb snd-seq ; }
>   # Prevent abnormal drivers from grabbing index 0
>   options snd-bt87x index=-2
>   options snd-cx88_alsa index=-2
>   options saa7134-alsa index=-2
>   options snd-atiixp-modem index=-2
>   options snd-intel8x0m index=-2
>   options snd-via82xx-modem index=-2
>   options snd-usb-audio index=-2
>   options snd-usb-usx2y index=-2
>   options snd-usb-caiaq index=-2
>   # Ubuntu #62691, enable MPU for snd-cmipci
>   options snd-cmipci mpu_port=0x330 fm_port=0x388
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Jonathan Leonard wrote:
>   On Oct 2, 2007, at 8:14 AM, Susan Cragin wrote:
>
>   Hello. I installed Linux Studio yesterday and have all the updates.
>   I understood that my echoaudio pcmcia card would be recognized, but
>   I am
>   having trouble getting it to work. Could anyone point me to the  
> latest
>   installation instructions? Thanks.
>
>   Thanks.
>   Susan
>
>   Hi Susan, I have a layla20.  I found that the firmware was missing
>   from ALSA in Ubuntu Studio Feisty with some other things.  This was
>   fixed by downloading the latest ALSA and rebuilding.
>
>   	This would include:
>   	Alsa-drivers
>   	Alsa-firmware
>   	Alsa-libs
>   	Alsa-utils
>
>   	Extract each of the above to separate directories and then enter
>   alsa drivers for example and begin there with ./configure, make,  
> make
>   install - to install each portion of ALSA.
>
>   	When installing ALSA drivers, include the sound card as follows:
>   	$sudo ./configure --with-card=layla20
>
>   	This makes sure to compile the driver for your soundcard which may
>   be different than 'layla20', also note that the card name is
>   'layla20' and not 'snd-layla20'.  You can put multiple cards on that
>   line seperated by commas.  For example ./configure --with-
>   card=layla20,usb-audio
>
>   	After the install try modprobing the layla20 driver:
>   	$modprobe snd-layla20
>
>   	If you get no response to the command it is probably working.
>
>   	Try the aplay -l command to list playback devices and see if the
>   card is there.
>
>   	Edit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base   and set the index of the  
> layla20 to
>   0.  This makes it the default device for the system.  You can see
>   various other lines in there with =1 etc.  Here, refer to your  
> device
>   as 'snd-layla20' for example.  Then reboot.
>
>   	If your echoaudio card has spdif, remember that to access this you
>   should use hw:0,1 in various software and dialogs to specify the
>   digital device on the soundcard.  For example in qjackctl.  hw(0,0)
>   would be the analog devices.
>
>   	Ubuntu Studio also comes with a nice app called echomixer that can
>   be run from a terminal.
>
>   Hope this Helps,
>
>   -jonathan adams leonard
>
>
>
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