Hi Mark, I did a 'sudo lsmod | grep snd' &... I noticed that my mia was referred to as 'snd_mia' rather than 'snd-mia' as you stated. In other words... underscore (_) rather than dash (-), & it produced these results of various inquires (the - - - - - - - > are to distinguish different sets of commands in the terminal) : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > snd_mia 31652 0 snd_pcm_oss 42144 0 snd_intel8x0 35356 4 snd_ac97_codec 101028 1 snd_intel8x0 snd_mixer_oss 17920 1 snd_pcm_oss ac97_bus 3072 1 snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm 78596 5 snd_mia,snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec snd_seq_dummy 4868 0 snd_seq_oss 35584 0 snd_seq_midi 9376 0 snd_rawmidi 25760 2 snd_mia,snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event 8320 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi snd_seq 54224 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event snd_timer 24836 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq snd_seq_device 9612 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq snd 56996 19 snd_mia,snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device soundcore 8800 1 snd snd_page_alloc 11400 3 snd_mia,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm henry@henry-heron:~$ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - > :~$ lsmod | grep snd_mia snd_mia 31652 0 snd_pcm 78596 5 snd_mia,snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec snd_rawmidi 25760 2 snd_mia,snd_seq_midi snd 56996 19 snd_mia,snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device snd_page_alloc 11400 3 snd_mia,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm henry@henry-heron:~$ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -> :~$ sudo lsmod | grep snd_mia snd_mia 31652 0 snd_pcm 78596 5 snd_mia,snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec snd_rawmidi 25760 2 snd_mia,snd_seq_midi snd 56996 19 snd_mia,snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device snd_page_alloc 11400 3 snd_mia,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -> :~$ modprobe snd_mia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > :~$ lsmod | grep snd_mia snd_mia 31652 0 snd_pcm 78596 5 snd_mia,snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec snd_rawmidi 25760 2 snd_mia,snd_seq_midi snd 56996 19 snd_mia,snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device snd_page_alloc 11400 3 snd_mia,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm henry@henry-heron:~$ aplay -D/snd_mia ALSA lib pcm.c:2145:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM /snd_mia aplay: main:546: audio open error: No such file or directory - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > So, not sure where this leaves us... but it does look like there is more data... perhaps you (or any one with some insights or ideas) can comment & help interpret towards doing the correct procedure to enable an MiaMIDI connect? As usual, thanks, Henry p.s. will this bring me closer to finding the correct (possible) firmware update? On Sat, 2008-08-09 at 12:35 +1000, Mark Constable wrote: > On Saturday 09 August 2008 12:18:08 Henry W. Peters wrote: > > p.s., my card is NOT a usb device (apologies here, as I should have said > > it is the MiaMIDI card, made by Echo Audio. There are i/o ports for > > midi/S/PDIF/analogue in the back, both on the card & a set of wires w/ > > plugs; phono & standard midi). If this makes any difference in the > > assessment I would definitely appreciate hearing about this. Thanks > > again. > > Woops, sorry, I'm not sure where I got the USB idea from then. > > lsmod | grep snd-mia > > should show something, if not then the snd-mia driver module > is not loaded and a... > > modprobe snd-mia > > should load it and then repeat the previous command to confirm > it is loaded, or not. If the module is loaded and the aplay -l > command still does not show anything other than the onboard > card then it still may need firmware to be loaded as well as > the kernel alsa driver module (snd-mia in this case, I presume). > > Another suggestion is to try http://ubuntustudio.org/ as I > think it's possible to upgrade via apt and it should have the > mechanism to load your sound card properly. > > --markc > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
