On 3/8/06, Jonny Stutters <jstutters@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > So it's definitely something to do with Linux on this laptop. > To be honest I don't have any idea where to start with solving this > problem so any help would be much appreciated. I'm not keen to go down > the new hardware route but if anyone does have reports of working > configurations with this (or a similar) laptop that'd also be good. I own the Echo Indigo output-only card, and I can confirm that this works in Linux just fine. However, it is not "out-of-the-box." You must install the ALSA firmware package for this card to work. Otherwise, you won't see anything about the card in dmesg, /var/log/whatever, etc. Back when I was trying to get it to work, I emailed the author of the driver. His first name is Giuliano (forgive me if I misspelled it). Here is a cut from the email he sent me: On 01-Dec-2005 Josh Lawrence wrote: > Well now I'm deep in the fight of trying to get it to work - hotplug > will not load the firmware. I cannot find your site anymore, so can > you give me the quick instructions on the symlink that must be created > for the firmware to load? Anything I need to do before that, like > load the module? It's on http://www.webalice.it/g_pochini/ead . You have to install the hotplug scripts (they should be installed in /etc/hotplug/ and /etc/hotplug.d/), alsa-firmware and alsa-driver. Also, there is an entry in /proc that must point to the main hotplug script. A script in /etc/rc.d should set it up at boot time. On Thu, 1 Dec 2005, Josh Lawrence wrote: > Does all this happen (adding of the scripts in rc.d) during the > firmware install? No, alsa-firmware only installs the firmware in /lib/firmware . You have to get the scripts from kernel.org or download the appropriate package of you distro. Also, check what /lib/firmware is. Usually the scripts (firmware-agent IIRC) looks for firmware files in /lib/firmware , while alsa installs them in /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware . Fix it with a symlink. --END CUT-- So to sum it up, get the firmware, make sure you have the hotplug scripts (which you probably already do), and make sure you make a simlink from /lib/firmware to /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware. Hope this helps, Josh -- Josh Lawrence http://www.hardbop200.com
