At Wed, 15 Mar 2006 09:42:17 +0100, Asbjørn Sæbø wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 06:40:48PM +0100, Takashi Iwai wrote: > > At Tue, 14 Mar 2006 12:31:06 -0500, > > Lee Revell wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 12:02:56PM +0100, Asbjørn Sæbø wrote: > > > > > I am trying to get a Digigram VxPocket sound card working, and really > > > > > need some advice on how to proceed. > > > > > In addition to what I have done before (see below), I have now created a > > > > /etc/pcmcia/vxpocket.conf according to the description at the bottom of > > > > the alsa-project page for the vxpocket card. And I have added the > > > > necessary lines to /etc/modutils/alsa-base, and run update-modules. > > > > > > IIRC these require firmware, is alsa-firmware installed? > > > > > > Any chance you can try a recent distro? Kernel 2.6.12 is a year old... > > > > ... and there were some bugs in vx driver, too. > > > > I recommend to update ALSA driver, at least. Though, I cannot > > guarantee that it works with that kernel :) > > > OK, I will try to lay may hands on a newer kernel and a newer ALSA. > > But could you please explain, or point me to documentation on, how > hotplug and pcmcia-cs works together? > > As far as I know, 2.6 kernels use the hotplug system. Does this > hotplug system work together with with pcmcia-cs and the cardmgr > program? Or do they conflict? Or are they alternative solutions to > each other? With the recent 2.6 kernels, you need no longer cardmgr. The whole thing is integrated to hotplug properly. > And especially, how does the hotplug system identify the vxpocket card? > And, is the /etc/pcmcia/vxpocket.conf still needed/used? No. The driver has a proper entry, and calls request_firmware() to load the firmware binary files by itself. Takashi
