[ubuntu-studio-users] Support for Digigram PCX822np on Ubuntu Studio 20.04 LTS

[Ross Gammon]

Hi Andrew,

Mucking about with kernel modules is not something I know much about,
and you could be right. I do see some activity on the web delving in to
this area, but it is difficult to know what OS, kernel & and version of
the card they are talking about. It does not look good that it does not
show up in /proc.

Can you run $ aplay -l and $ arecord -l to see what ALSA reports, just
in case.

You might need to get advice from forums wider than Ubuntu Studio e.g.
Linux Audio & ALSA projects, unless someone else reads this and is able
to give further advice.

Ross

On 10/11/2020 18:31, Andrew wrote:
> Hi, I have a digigram pcx822np card I am trying to use with Ubuntu
> Studio on 20.04 lts
> 
> According to digigram, this card is supported by alsa in the kernel, so
> I would expect lsmod to show something related to this.
> 
> I think the card is working ok as I can see that lspci shows:-
> 04:00.0 Multimedia audio controller: PLX Technology, Inc. PCI9080
> 32-bit; 33MHz PCI <-> IOBus Bridge
> as well as the onboard Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio
> Controller.
> 
> But I'm not seeing it in the sound cards part of proc, which I would
> expect if there insn't a module loaded or kernel support:-
> # cat /proc/asound/cards
>  0 [Intel          ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
>                       HDA Intel at 0xd0600000 irq 35
> 
> So I believe the required module is not loaded or the kernel doesn't
> support it. Google doesn't throw up much help regarding a suitable
> module or links to source code. Github lists Digigram-audio as a repo,
> but the README doesn't mention my card. However, the source code does
> refer to pcxhr cards, which may support mine.
> 
> I'm patched up to date.
> 
> What would the advice be to proceed with this please?
> 
> Regards,
> Andrew
>