Hi, I had a similar problem with the MidiSport 2x2 I discovered that doing a reboot somehow gets the thing working (the usb-LED on the device starts burning during the boot, and the device runs fine afterwards). I do not know why though. sincerely, Marije Sunday, November 14, 2004, 9:42:54 PM, you wrote: BF> I asked this question on the ALSA user's list with no response (yet!) BF> Thought maybe someone on this group may have come across this. BF> Can't get midisport8x8 to work. I think that the firmware is not loading. BF> Some notes: BF> --- BF> I have usbfs running (the dir is there), installed the hotplug and BF> fxload packages from linux-hotplug and "make install" the BF> midisport_firmware-0.5. BF> --- BF> modprobe: BF> ================================ BF> # --- ALSA configuration BF> alias char-major-116 snd BF> alias char-major-14 soundcore BF> alias snd-card-0 snd-ice1712 BF> alias snd-card-1 snd-usb-audio BF> # OSS/Free portion BF> alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 BF> # card #1 (Delta 66) BF> alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss BF> alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss BF> alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss BF> alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss BF> alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss BF> # card #2 (midipsort 8x8) BF> alias sound-slot-1 snd-card-1 BF> ================================ BF> --- BF> cat /proc/asound/cards shows just my Delta66 card. BF> --- BF> cat /proc/bus/usb/devices shows just info on the two USB controllers BF> (as does lsusb) BF> --- BF> lsmod (relevant)" BF> ===================================== BF> Module Size Used by BF> snd_pcm_oss 54312 0 BF> snd_mixer_oss 18432 2 snd_pcm_oss BF> realcap 4240 0 BF> commoncap 4736 1 realcap BF> snd_seq 50576 8 BF> snd_usb_audio 67680 0 BF> snd_ice1712 63688 5 BF> snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx 4224 1 snd_ice1712 BF> snd_pcm 85128 5 BF> snd_pcm_oss,snd_usb_audio,snd_ice1712 BF> snd_page_alloc 11016 1 snd_pcm BF> snd_timer 23684 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm BF> snd_ak4xxx_adda 5760 2 snd_ice1712,snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx BF> snd_cs8427 10880 1 snd_ice1712 BF> snd_ac97_codec 63748 1 snd_ice1712 BF> snd_i2c 5248 2 snd_ice1712,snd_cs8427 BF> snd_mpu401_uart 7680 1 snd_ice1712 BF> snd_rawmidi 23076 2 snd_usb_audio,snd_mpu401_uart BF> snd_seq_device 8200 2 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi BF> snd 54532 23 BF> snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq,snd_usb_audio,snd_ice1712,snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_ak4xxx_adda,snd_cs8427,snd_ac97_codec,snd_i2c,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device BF> soundcore 6496 2 snd BF> ===================================== BF> Midisport does not show up anywhere. So, I fear that fxload and/or BF> hotplug scripts are not working. BF> How can I check this? And, how can I enable these to work (if this is BF> the problem)? BF> thanks much! BF> brad --