USB interface stopped working after update
Tim Krone
tim at linux-daw.org
Fri Oct 12 04:29:39 UTC 2012
Hey Bruno,
have you got any other soundcard enabled on your machine like the onboard chip? Try lspci | grep audio to find soundcards.
So when there are more then one card or even midi interfaces you must set a fixed card order.
Possibly you can also try gladish instead of qjackctl.
Regards
Tim
Bruno Tucunduva Ruviaro <ruviaro at stanford.edu> schrieb:
>Hi,
>
>Back to an unresolved issue I posted sometime ago. I did some more
>tests this week and found out the following (I did this test twice and
>obtained the same results in two different machines):
>
>1) I install Ubuntu Studio 12.04 from scratch;
>2) I try it with my PreSonus AudioBox 1818VSL USB interface. Open Jack,
>Jack sees interface, Start Jack, Start Hydrogen, Play a Demo, it all
>works and I get sound out. Happy!
>3) I then turn off the computer and the interface. Then turn them back
>on;
>4) I repeat the steps of #2: open jack, jack sees interface OK, I start
>jack, I start Hydrogen, open a Demo, and... no more sound comes out of
>the interface. I don't even see the meter lights anymore. Still, Jack
>recognizes it and starts correctly. But no sound anymore.
>
>With this, I rephrase my original question. The problem was not a
>recent software update, as I had thought: now even with a clean, fresh
>install of Ubuntu Studio, the interface works the first time, and after
>rebooting the computer, it never works again.
>
>I've tested the audio interface on a Mac computer and it is working (in
>fact I bought this PreSonus recently, it's brand new). If I boot Ubuntu
>studio from a live CD, the interface works again.
>
>Any ideas on how to solve this mystery?
>
>Thank you very much for any help,
>
>Bruno
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bruno Tucunduva Ruviaro" <ruviaro at stanford.edu>
>To: ubuntu-studio-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>Cc: bruviaro at scu.edu
>Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 11:48:08 AM
>Subject: Re: USB interface stopped working after update
>
>Hi,
>
>I didn't use synaptic, but I copy below the contents of history.log
>from /var/log/apt/
>The interface was working fine until 2012-09-24. After those updates it
>stopped working.
>Thanks for any help,
>
>Bruno
>
>- - -
>
>Contents of history.log:
>
>Start-Date: 2012-09-20 14:18:37
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>(9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4ubuntu0.2, 9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4ubuntu0.3), totem:i386
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>End-Date: 2012-09-20 14:20:51
>
>Start-Date: 2012-09-20 14:23:42
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>(1.4.18-1ubuntu1, 1.4.18-1ubuntu1.1), libgnomevfs2-common:i386
>(2.24.4-1ubuntu2, 2.24.4-1ubuntu2.1)
>End-Date: 2012-09-20 14:24:03
>
>Start-Date: 2012-09-24 16:52:42
>Commandline: aptdaemon role='role-commit-packages' sender=':1.62'
>Upgrade: libgs9-common:i386 (9.05~dfsg-0ubuntu4.1,
>9.05~dfsg-0ubuntu4.2), ghostscript-x:i386 (9.05~dfsg-0ubuntu4.1,
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>End-Date: 2012-09-24 16:54:30
>
>Start-Date: 2012-09-25 09:19:10
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>End-Date: 2012-09-25 09:19:40
>
>Start-Date: 2012-09-25 14:26:56
>Commandline: aptdaemon role='role-commit-packages' sender=':1.55'
>Install: chromium-browser-l10n:i386
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>(20.0.1132.47~r144678-0ubuntu0.12.04.1)
>End-Date: 2012-09-25 14:27:24
>
>On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 4:30 AM,
><ubuntu-studio-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> Today's Topics:
>
>
> 3. USB interface stopped working after update
> (Bruno Tucunduva Ruviaro)
>
> 5. Re: USB interface stopped working after update (Ralf Mardorf)
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------
> Hi,
>
>I have Ubuntu studio 12.04 installed on one laptop, and regular Ubuntu
>on another (also 12.04). Until a few days ago, both systems used to
>work fine with a PreSonus AudioBox 1818VSL USB interface. All of a
>sudden, the two laptops are no longer working with this interface. My
>only guess is that this was caused by some kind of software update (I
>usually do all required & recommended updates suggested by Ubuntu).
>
>To be more precise, Jack still sees the USB interface as before; I am
>able to start jack with the PreSonus, I see all the ins and outs in the
>connection window. But no sound seems to arrive in the hardware. No
>sound comes out. I used to see the AudioBox meters lighting up last
>week; they no longer light up this week. I've tested the audio
>interface on a Mac computer and it is working. In fact, if I boot
>Ubuntu studio from a live CD (that is, without any recent updates), the
>interface works again.
>
>Has anything like this happened to other people this week? Any tips on
>how to solve the problem?
>
> Thank you very much,
>
> Bruno
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:15:36 +0200
> From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net>
> To: Ubuntu Studio Users Help and Discussion
> <ubuntu-studio-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: USB interface stopped working after update
> Message-ID: <1348643736.1175.17.camel at localhost.localdomain>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
>
>If you upgraded using Synaptic, there'll be a history about the
>upgraded
> packages. Please send a copy of this list.
>
> Regards,
> Ralf
>
>
>
>
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