> Currently with the card inserted what is the output from > 'lspci -v' ? > If you can more fully express the symptoms of your problem, then we > can help solve it. If you have done so before, I don't think I saw > it.... the hdsp is recognized by the system, the modules load (more or less) fine, i can upload the firmware ... but when i try to play a sound the sound sounds distorted ... a sound-file played with aplay seems to have the right pitch, but takes longer than it should ... it seems that there are gaps of a few ms where nothing is played ... the mixer works fine, i can route an input signal to the outputs, but if a sound application is started (jack,aplay...) the sound starts to get this distortion i described earlier ... when i change the sample rate (hdspconf) the pitch of the distortion changes... the content of lspci -vv is: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset Host Bridge (rev 04) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI]: Unknown device 0019 Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0 Region 0: Memory at ec000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M] Capabilities: [e4] #09 [9104] Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 2.0 Status: RQ=32 Iso- ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA+ ITACoh- GART64- HTrans- 64bit- FW+ AGP3- Rate=x1,x2,x4 Command: RQ=1 ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA- AGP- GART64- 64bit- FW+ Rate=x1 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 96 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64 I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00003fff Memory behind bridge: e8000000-e80fffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: f0000000-f7ffffff BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA+ VGA+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B- 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB PCI Bridge (rev 05) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=64 I/O behind bridge: 00004000-00004fff Memory behind bridge: e8100000-e81fffff BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA+ VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B- 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 05) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle+ MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801BA IDE U100 (rev 05) (prog-if 80 [Master]) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI]: Unknown device 0019 Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0 Region 4: I/O ports at 1800 [size=16] 00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 05) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI]: Unknown device 0019 Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0 Interrupt: pin D routed to IRQ 5 Region 4: I/O ports at 1820 [size=32] 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM SMBus (rev 05) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI]: Unknown device 0019 Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 11 Region 4: I/O ports at 1810 [size=16] 00:1f.4 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #2) (rev 05) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI]: Unknown device 0019 Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0 Interrupt: pin C routed to IRQ 11 Region 4: I/O ports at 1840 [size=32] 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM AC'97 Audio (rev 05) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI]: Unknown device 0019 Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0 Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 11 Region 0: I/O ports at 1c00 [size=256] Region 1: I/O ports at 1880 [size=64] 00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corp. Intel 537 [82801BA/BAM AC'97 Modem] (rev 05) (prog-if 00 [Generic]) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI]: Unknown device 0019 Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 11 Region 0: I/O ports at 2400 [size=256] Region 1: I/O ports at 2000 [size=128] 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M6 LY (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI]: Unknown device 0019 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping+ SERR+ FastB2B+ Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 5 Region 0: Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] Region 1: I/O ports at 3000 [size=256] Region 2: Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [58] AGP version 2.0 Status: RQ=48 Iso- ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA+ ITACoh- GART64- HTrans- 64bit- FW- AGP3- Rate=x1,x2,x4 Command: RQ=1 ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA+ AGP- GART64- 64bit- FW- Rate=<none> Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- 02:00.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ6933 Cardbus Controller (rev 01) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI]: Unknown device 0019 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping+ SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=slow >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 168 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 5 Region 0: Memory at 20000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Bus: primary=02, secondary=03, subordinate=06, sec-latency=176 Memory window 0: 20400000-207ff000 (prefetchable) Memory window 1: 20800000-20bff000 I/O window 0: 00004400-000044ff I/O window 1: 00004800-000048ff BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- ISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- 16bInt- PostWrite+ 16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001 02:00.1 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ6933 Cardbus Controller (rev 01) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI]: Unknown device 0019 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping+ SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=slow >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 168 Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 11 Region 0: Memory at 20001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Bus: primary=02, secondary=07, subordinate=0a, sec-latency=176 Memory window 0: 20c00000-20fff000 (prefetchable) Memory window 1: 21000000-213ff000 I/O window 0: 00004c00-00004cff I/O window 1: 00005000-000050ff BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- ISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- 16bInt+ PostWrite+ 16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001 02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM/CA/CAM Ethernet Controller (rev 03) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI]: Unknown device 0019 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 66 (2000ns min, 14000ns max), cache line size 08 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11 Region 0: Memory at e8100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Region 1: I/O ports at 4000 [size=64] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=2 PME- 03:00.0 Multimedia audio controller: Xilinx Corporation RME Hammerfall DSP (rev 0a) Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping+ SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 64 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 5 Region 0: Memory at 20800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] dmesg after starting pcmcia, pluging in the cardbus card, running hdsploader: cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: clean. cs: IO port probe 0x0800-0x08ff: clean. cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding 0x200-0x20f 0x378-0x37f 0x3c0-0x3df 0x4d0-0x4d7 PCI: Enabling device 0000:03:00.0 (0080 -> 0082) PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:03:00.0 to 64 ALSA sound/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c:663: Hammerfall-DSP: no Digiface or Multiface connected! ALSA sound/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c:5042: card initialization pending : waiting for firmware PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.5 to 64 intel8x0: clocking to 48000 ALSA sound/pci/intel8x0.c:2696: joystick(s) found ALSA sound/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c:807: wait for FIFO status <= 0 failed after 30 iterations ALSA sound/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c:4711: initializing firmware upload ALSA sound/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c:678: loading firmware ALSA sound/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c:716: finished firmware loading i had to run hdsploader 2 times (hdsp.c:807) the content of /proc/asound/DSP/hdsp: RME Hammerfall DSP + Multiface (Card #1) Buffers: capture db000000 playback dac00000 IRQ: 5 Registers bus: 0x20800000 VM: 0xe0917000 Control register: 0x10040de Control2 register: 0x0 Status register: 0x12000000 Status2 register: 0xffff0703 FIFO status: 0 MIDI1 Output status: 0xffffff00 MIDI1 Input status: 0xffffff00 MIDI2 Output status: 0xffffff00 MIDI2 Input status: 0xffffff00 Buffer Size (Latency): 8192 samples (2 periods of 32768 bytes) Hardware pointer (frames): 0 Passthru: no Line out: on Firmware version: 5 Sample Clock Source: Internal 48 kHz Preferred Sync Reference: ADAT1 AutoSync Reference: None AutoSync Frequency: 0 System Clock Mode: Master System Clock Frequency: 48000 IEC958 input: Coaxial IEC958 output: Coaxial only IEC958 quality: Consumer IEC958 emphasis: off IEC958 NonAudio: off IEC958 sample rate: Error flag set ADAT1: No Lock SPDIF: No Lock Word Clock: No Lock ADAT Sync: No Lock i checked several configurations in the last 10 days ... several alsa versions, i even installed kernel 2.6.1-rc3 ... no success and i installed winxp, which worked fine ... so the device works ... since both paul davies and thomas charbonnel have not really an idea, what's the problem i doubt that it's a problem on the alsa side ... my 16bit wlan card works fine on this machine, but it's the only 32bit cardbus card i ever tried on this machine ... i'm nearly at a point where i consider selling my (not that old) notebook (acer aspire 1400) and buying a new one ... so it would be pretty cool, if you figure out what's the problem with my system... Tim mailto:TimBlechmann@xxxxxx ICQ: 96771783 -- The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!" Jack Kerouac
