i tried to track down the error ... i've got the dmesg output when starting pcmcia on a working system:
starting pcmcia: cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: clean. cs: IO port probe 0x0800-0x08ff: clean. cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding 0x200-0x20f 0x378-0x37f pluging the cardbus card into the port: 0x4d0-0x4d7 cs: cb_alloc(bus 3): vendor 0x10ee, device 0x3fc5 PCI: Enabling device 03:00.0 (0080 -> 0082) PCI: Setting latency timer of device 03:00.0 to 64 ALSA ../../alsa-kernel/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c:663: Hammerfall-DSP: no Digiface or Multiface connected! ALSA ../../alsa-kernel/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c:5042: card initialization pending : waiting for firmware running hdsploader (Firmware uploaded for card hw:1): ALSA ../../alsa-kernel/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c:807: wait for FIFO status <= 0 failed after 30 iterations ALSA../../alsa-kernel/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c:4711: initializing firmware upload ALSA ../../alsa-kernel/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c:678: loading firmware ALSA../../alsa-kernel/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c:716: finished firmware loading devfs_register(unknown): could not append to parent, err: -17 devfs_register(unknown): could not append to parent, err: -17 devfs_register(unknown): could not append to parent, err: -17 any idea what the devfs error message has to do with it? Tim mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 96771783 http://www.nyds-exp-discogs.tk -- The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!" Jack Kerouac ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Perforce Software. Perforce is the Fast Software Configuration Management System offering advanced branching capabilities and atomic changes on 50+ platforms. Free Eval! http://www.perforce.com/perforce/loadprog.html _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user