>> From: Iain Mott <mott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> I tried another slot (there are only 2 pci slots on the mother board), >> but the same thing happens. It required about 3 boots to get the >> firmware to load. I hope it's not a problem in the RME PCI card itself. > > You could try checking whether the PCI card is detected in the cases where > the firmware is not loaded. It is PCI and not PCIe? > Compare the output of lspci in the good vs. failing case and verify that > the PCI card is detected, because the driver will never load and attempt > to find the external interface if the PCI part of the interface is not > detected. that's a good spot Chris, I tend to have that very same problem from time to time with a HDSP PCI card, i suspect my PCI extender to move in the rack and the card sometimes not being detected at all on startup. It also mean I have never find a real solution to this because i suspect the hardware, so sometimes i open the rack, move the card, and reboot. Lain, if you're in the same situation, make sure the card is properly inserted and aligned in the pci slot. Raphaël _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
