On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 02:03:40PM -0500, Chip VanDan wrote: > Well, I want to thank those that replied. Following Ketil's suggestion I > managed to get the M-Audio Fast Track Ultra working. I was using the 2.6.33 > (realtime or lowlatency, not sure which right now) but I managed to install > the 2.6.38 generic kernel from the kernel repository for Ubuntu and it "just > worked"! The PPA that he referred has the lowlatency kernel available for > "natty" but not for "lucid" so I may have to do some digging to get a > lowlatency or realtime kernel 2.6.38 for lucid. > > My compiling skills go as far as following step by step instructions, and if > the dependencies aren't available I find them in synaptic. I should take > the time to learn how to patch certain files, and maybe how to compile my > own kernels, but everytime I compile something it never goes to the right > place on my system. > > So as it stands right now, JACK starts up using the correct sound card and I > have 8 channels available for input and output. The MIDI does not show up > in JACK, but I'm not concerned about that because I already use a USB > MIDISport Uno for MIDI input. When JACK is not running the system still > uses my laptop's built in soundcard, which I'll have to figure out how to > switch over to use the Fast Track Ultra full-time, but I think I've seen > instructions for how to do that on some site somewhere. My ideal situation > would be to run all audio through JACK all the time, but the only page I've > ever seen that explains how to do that was seriously outdated. > > So, again, thank you for your input, it was a pleasure as always. You have > saved this bit of equipment from sitting in the return bin at the store. > > Chip > > On 19 February 2011 05:22, Ketil Thorgersen <ketil.thorgersen@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > > > Den 19. feb. 2011 04:58, skrev Chip VanDan: > > > >> In a complete and utter fervor today with some newfound extra cash I > >> impulsively purchased an M-Audio Fast Track Ultra, with the hopes and > >> prayers that it would "just work" on my Ubuntu Studio 10.04 system. My > >> confidence was quickly shattered when I got it home, plugged it in, and did > >> some research on it. There is a multitude of links out there with people > >> that have had problems with it in Linux, and a few have gotten it to work, > >> but I have no idea how. > >> > >> For reference sake, I'm having the exact same problem as referenced on > >> this forum: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=884329 > >> but I don't really understand the directions on how they fixed the issue. > >> > > HI > > > > I have one of the fast track ultra pros, and made it work on KxStudio by > > updating to the 2.6.38 lowlatency kernel in Aboganis ppa > > https://launchpad.net/~abogani/+archive/ppa/?field.series_filter=natty<https://launchpad.net/%7Eabogani/+archive/ppa/?field.series_filter=natty> > > Wait, what? A USB 2.0 audio interface actually works in Linux, in USB 2.0 mode? When did this happen? 8 channels? This is awesome. -ken _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
