On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 12:03:19AM +1200, Hamish Low wrote: > Hi, > I recently bought a VX Pocket V2. Great soundcard (on windows) and > finally one with linux drivers for my laptop (which will be great when > it works) As you know, I have been having problems with this card too. I am hoping to persuade someone to have a look at it at LAC in Karlsruhe next week. Hopefully, something will come out of that. > I've been trying various interpretations of the instructions on the ALSA > page. > http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php?company=Digigram&card=VXpocket+440.&chip=Motorola+DSP&module=vxpocket > <http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php?company=Digigram&card=VXpocket+440.&chip=Motorola+DSP&module=vxpocket> > but still no luck. I'm relatively new to linux and it's been a > crash-course getting this far. I pity you. I have been using Linux since 1995, and still find getting this soundcard to work difficult. > But I'm stuck and need some help. I > think maybe the instructions make assumptions about linux knowledge that > I don't have - like how do I turn on module support? That should already be turned on by default. > I'm using Demudi - a 2.6 kernel - I've installed the firmware through > synaptic DeMuDi is Debian-based. And Debian does not ship proprietary firmware. Did you get the firmware from elsewhere? Asbjørn