hi tim, i've just followed an advice from florian that it's probably related to pulseaudio which apparently now is the default sound server in ubuntu. After disabling pulsaudio, the card works fine again. I didn't know that hdsploader is obsolete now, i had to use it from time to time in my old system. If anyone else stumbles upon this, here's how to disable pulseaudio in ubuntu intrepid: http://idyllictux.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/alsa-instead-of-pulseaudio-for-ubuntu-810-intrepid-a-non-destructive-way/ best -robert Tim Blechmann schrieb: > hi robert, > > >> i'm using a rme Hammerfall hdsp multiface card which i've never had >> problems so far, due to >> the fact that it's pretty well supported. >> >> However, after upgrading to Ubuntu 8.10 the hdsploader fails to upload >> the firmware to the card with the >> following error: >> >> hdsploader - firmware loader for RME Hammerfall DSP cards >> Looking for HDSP + Multiface or Digiface cards : >> Card 0 : RME Hammerfall DSP + Multiface at 0xf87f0000, irq 22 >> Upload firmware for card hw:0 >> Hwdep ioctl error on card hw:0 : Device or resource busy. >> > > i did experience some `strange' behavior on my hdsp as well, starting a > few months ago. > in my case, the hdsp tells me, that the io box is not connected. my > workaround was to unload/reload the module. > maybe related to that issue, sometimes, the hdspmixer doesn't read the > meter values from the interface, giving me the same `hwdep ioctl error', > you are experiencing with hdsploader (i don't use hdsploader, since it > is basically obsolete). > > i suppose, it is a similar issue, that i am experiencing ... btw are you > running a 32bit or 64bit system? > > cheers, tim > > _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
