On Wednesday 16 May 2007 21:28, j t wrote: > On 5/16/07, Nigel Henry <cave.dnb2m97pp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I'm communicating with someone on a French LUG mailing list. He has a > > Tascam us 122 USB soundcard. > > > > I don't have any USB soundcards, so am a bit lost. He has 2 cards, as > > below, and snd_usb_usx2y is loaded. The cards are probably ordered > > incorrectly, with the Tascam as card1. I see that snd-usb-audio isn't > > loaded. Is that necessary for the USB soundcard to work? I know that I > > need snd-usb-audio to be loade for my usb midi keyboard to be detected, > > but have no idea about soundcards. > > snd-usb-audio is _not_ needed for the Tascam US-122 > > Nigel. > > If /proc/asound/cards contains the US-122, could he/she try: > > cat /dev/urandom | aplay -Dhw:1,0 -f cd > > (careful on the volume!) If this produces white noise out of the > headphone/output jacks, then a modified .asoundrc can make the Tascam > the default sound card. > > Tascam usb soundcards can be a bit awkward to set up, due to the > required firmware loading (there are 2 separate firmwares required), > so it always needs a little bit of fiddling. That said, I also have a > Tascam US-122, and it works on Debian Etch/Ubuntu Edgy/Ubuntu Fiesty. > What distro is he/she using? If it's Debian/Ubuntu, I can provide some > instructions. Otherwise, check out: He's using Xubuntu, but not sure which version. > > http://doc.gwos.org/index.php/Tascam_US-122_in_Dapper > http://www.bxlug.be/articles/306 (en francais!) > http://langerland.de/linux/usx2y/index.html > > It looks like they have the card up-and-running, however (as it's > listed in /proc/asound/cards). It might just be that they're not > "using" it yet... (hence the "cat/dev/urandom" line above to test...) > > Let me know how you get on. HTH, Jaime Personally I'm clueless, as I have no USB soundcards, and am just trying to help someone who has a problem. Sometimes it is better to not get involved, unless you have a genuine fix to their problem. I will post the links you provided though. Maybe they will be of some help to him. Nigel. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
