Re: [ubuntu-studio-users] ubuntu-studio-users Digest, Vol 77, Issue 7

[Casey Forslund]

So funny! I never thought about doing that. I'm sure I could rummage around
and find a part out of an old machine. being a laptop, it may be a part
integrated into the motherboard, but I'll take a peek under the hood ; ) I
see that on the webpage of the great folks who maintain the b34xx open
source drivers, that my chipset is one of the ones that they are still
working on. I'll keep an eye on their project and hope that they finish the
work on this beast. What a ridiculous situation that is though. I'll have
to buy my next laptop from system 76. I hear wonderful things about them!
All customized hardware tailored to linux users. Thanks for your input.

Casey


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> Gord, I could be off the mark here...but I believe he was asking about
> testing Studio 13.10, which was announced a little earlier in the list.
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> What I read was "so should I just upgrade from 13.04 to 13.10 or should I
> download it".
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>  Hi all. Thanks in advance for taking the time to read this and for any
> input, advice, or plain old sympathy you can provide.
> Been an Ubuntu user since 8.04/hardy. Of all the issues I have ever
> wrestled with, this one takes the cake by far. I've scoured the forums, and
> all I ever find are other frustrated users and unresolved threads. some
> people have done amazing in terms of trying to help me - above and beyond
> stuff, but still no cigar:
>  The main issue is around the wireless/wifi networking capabilities (PLEASE
> don't sigh and say, 'ohhh...another broadcom/wireless thread). I've put in
> about 20-23 hours on this, from trying micro (CL/package based fixes) all
> the way through to wiping the distro altogether, and trying variants of
> ubuntu and beyond (like obscure methods of extracting working drivers from
> windows on on other partition). The weirdest of weirdness in this situation
> is that my wireless was working for two years, and then all of a sudden -
> POOF! Some kind of update destroyed functionality. I tried the logical
> approach, and just tried rolling back and reinstalling versions that worked
> on my hardware, playing with the . NO CIGAR. What the hell? I am still a
> Linux noob, but to me, it appears that something must have changed at the
> kernel level, because of the distro-wide wipe-out of this previously
> functioning hardware/software combination. WINDOWS WIRELESS WORKING
> FLAWLESSLY throughout all of these issues, so obviously not a hardware
> issue.
>
> The sad thing about this is that I see tons of people giving up on Ubuntu
> and Linux in general over these chronic, unresolved wireless (proprietary
> driver) issues. Wireless is such a rudimentary and fundamental part of
> computing, and if Ubuntu and

[ubuntu-studio-users] Broadcom wireless disaster

[Casey Forslund]

 Hi all. Thanks in advance for taking the time to read this and for any
input, advice, or plain old sympathy you can provide.
Been an Ubuntu user since 8.04/hardy. Of all the issues I have ever
wrestled with, this one takes the cake by far. I've scoured the forums, and
all I ever find are other frustrated users and unresolved threads. some
people have done amazing in terms of trying to help me - above and beyond
stuff, but still no cigar:
 The main issue is around the wireless/wifi networking capabilities (PLEASE
don't sigh and say, 'ohhh...another broadcom/wireless thread). I've put in
about 20-23 hours on this, from trying micro (CL/package based fixes) all
the way through to wiping the distro altogether, and trying variants of
ubuntu and beyond (like obscure methods of extracting working drivers from
windows on on other partition). The weirdest of weirdness in this situation
is that my wireless was working for two years, and then all of a sudden -
POOF! Some kind of update destroyed functionality. I tried the logical
approach, and just tried rolling back and reinstalling versions that worked
on my hardware, playing with the . NO CIGAR. What the hell? I am still a
Linux noob, but to me, it appears that something must have changed at the
kernel level, because of the distro-wide wipe-out of this previously
functioning hardware/software combination. WINDOWS WIRELESS WORKING
FLAWLESSLY throughout all of these issues, so obviously not a hardware
issue.

The sad thing about this is that I see tons of people giving up on Ubuntu
and Linux in general over these chronic, unresolved wireless (proprietary
driver) issues. Wireless is such a rudimentary and fundamental part of
computing, and if Ubuntu and Linux in general can't provide a reliable
solution - Linux remains territory for hackers and tinkerers. I had talked
a work buddy into using Ubuntu - he totally loved it for about two months,
until---get this-- with totally different hardware than mine, his netbook
lost wireless capability on the same update. He gave up. Back to Windoze.

My Affected SYSTEM:

ACER ASPIRE 7560 SERIES
MODEL P7YE5
AMD (QUAD CORE) A6-3420M APU 1.50 GHZ WITH RADEON HD 6520G GRAPHICS 6GB RAM
500GB SATA
S/N: LXRKKAA001204086631601
DUAL BOOT UBUNTU (NAME A DISTRO/FLAVOUR) WINDOWS 7 64 BIT
BROADCOM WIRELESS LAN 802.11n: BCM943227HM4L*
ATHEROS LAN
ATHEROS BLUETOOTH
1.3MP LITEON CAMERA
ATI/AMD VGA
REALTEK MULTICARD READER
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Re: Ubuntu-Studio-users Digest, Vol 48, Issue 39

[Casey Forslund]

Ubuntu Studio 11.04?? - Didn't know it existed yet!

Hey all: I read Erik R's comments on the last mail-out... I went to the
Ubuntu Studio website, and there is only 10.04 available so far. Did Erik
just install a beta or something? Any thing you folks can offer me to
de-mystify would be great. Cheers!

Casey

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> Thank you Ralf, I will try this after work today.
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> > Pardon, you need to be in ?the correct path ;)
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> > $ cat /boot/config-$(uname -r) | grep CONFIG_HPET_TIMER
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> On Fri, 2011-04-29 at 10:56 -0500, tommy wrote:
> > Thank you Ralf, I will try this after work today.
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> spinymouse11.2@suse11-2:/boot> cat config-2.6.31.6-rt19 | grep HRTIMER
> CONFIG_SND_HRTIMER=m
> CONFIG_SND_SEQ_HRTIMER_DEFAULT=y
> spinymouse11.2@suse11-2:/boot> cat config-2.6.31.6-rt19 | grep HPET
> CONFIG_HPET_TIMER=y
> CONFIG_HPET_EMULATE_RTC=y
> CONFIG_HPET=y
> CONFIG_HPET_MMAP=y
>
> There're some other settings relevant too, regarding to the driver it
> also might be, that you've got no module, because it's compiled within
> the kernel. If it's like this CONFIG_SND_HRTIMER=m, you need to load it
> manually.
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> Subject: Enable Desktop Compositing in Ubuntu Studio 11.04
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> I just installed Ubuntu Studio 11.04 amd64 and then I installed Docky.
>  Docky warned that Compositing was not enabled.  I could not seem to figure
> out how to get Desktop Compositing to "turn on".  Tried
> installing*CompizConfig Settings Manager
> *, but inside there it said Compositing was already enabled.
>
> Then I found this link
>
> http://marianochavero.wordpress.com/2011/04/20/a-simple-gui-for-unity-2d-settings-ubuntu-11-04/
> and this little utility made it as simple to enable as a click.  (Now Docky
> works nicely as well as other desktop effects.)
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> Hope that is a help for you, if you run into the same issue.
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> If you have a better solution, please share it!
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Ubuntu Studio 64 bit & program availability

[Casey Forslund]

Hi all,

Before I decided to switch over to Linux/Ubuntu, I was contemplating an
upgrade to a full 64 bit system. The one thing that stopped me was the lack
of native 64 bit software in the Windows world (lots could be run in
emulation mode or whatever, but it wasn't true 64 bit). My question is: How
does the 64 bit transition work in Ubuntuland, i.e. will I be able to use
all of the programs that come pre-installed with Ubuntu studio, and would
they be true/native 64 bit, able to fully utilize 64 bit hardware etc?

If this is the wrong place to discuss this, just let me know and I can go to
the forums with this instead.

Thanks in advance,

Casey
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Eureka!!! Tascam US-122 now working in Ubuntu Studio Lucid

[Casey Forslund]

A final thanks to all of you out there who took the time to write me
regarding my frustrations on the US-122. It is now up and running, and I am
more than hesitant to tell you all how I got it up and running, but I'll
humiliate myself for the betterment of the distro:

As I mentioned, I had followed literally every step-by-step command-line I
could find to get this beast to work, to no avail (days and days and days of
work for this noob). One of the many informative replies off this mail list
was from Kenneth Koym. He suggested I simply start with uninstalling the
alsa firmware through Synaptic and simply reinstall them. I can't believe
it, but even though I had them installed, I went ahead with this all-to-easy
test, and sure enough, I unplug my US-122 and plug it in after the synaptic
reinstall of the 3 alsa packages, and KAZOOM... green lights flashing on my
US-122!!! Unbelievable. Yes, I feel ridiculously dim, but who would have
known it could have been so simple, after all that time in terminal! Lol! Go
ahead now, insult the noob... Lol.

Thank you all though for your patience and kindness.

Sincerely,

Casey
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Fernando's comment on Ubuntu Distro's where the Tascam US-122 worked out of the box

[Casey Forslund]

Hey again Fernando,

Thanks for your additional comments and suggestions. Yes, it is definitely a
plain US-122. I would LOVE to hear about distros you found where it worked
out of the box - that would be a dream come true.

On a total tangent - can any of you comment (in lay terms if possible) on
the real-time kernel? I was under the impression that Ubuntu Studio utilizes
a real time kernel, making it superior to other OS's, distros or flavors of
Ubuntu. I thought I had read somewhere that this RTK has been abandoned and
will not be available anymore? Comments?

Casey
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MH's reply to the Tascam US-122/UStudio issues

[Casey Forslund]

Hi MH & thanks for throwing in your 2 bits regarding the US-122.

I'm actually relieved to hear that I'm not the only soul out there who has
had issues getting this hardware to work on Ubuntu Studio. I'm not insane!!
Lol. I'm also with you on the unit itself: I bought it in a last-minute
panic. I was in University cramming on a project where I had written a song
as part of my final project. Usually I borrowed other friends equipment when
recording, but I was in a city away from home and just had to get something
that was portable, worked on most computers, sonded decent and didn't cost a
fortune. The US-122 fit the bill at the time (I had 2 hours to buy it and
about 8 hours to record, mix and burn!). Although I agree with you on
sound/preamp quality, it is a pretty decent little sketch tool to have with
me on the road for moments when I'm inspired and want to record an idea.
I've also found some pretty cool applications for it at work (recording
voice overs for amateur DVD productions & powerpoint presentations etc.).
The bottom line is also that right now, I have no extra coin, and it is all
I have to work with for the next year until I finish my parental leave and
get back to making coin : )

Thanks again for your 2 bits though, and I'll keep wrestling with this beast
for another week and if it still doesn't cooperate with Ubuntu in one way or
another, I'll settle for the disgusting compromise of using it in Windows...

Bye for now,

Casey
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Fernando's suggestions on the US-122

[Casey Forslund]

Thanks Fernando on your interest & comments:

As you did, I followed the instructions on
https://help.ubuntu.com/
community/TASCAM_US-122
and used the
up-to-date alsa firmware (1.0.23) and changed the USB port to
003/004, as those were the ones I was connected to according to lsusb in
terminal. Step 6 is where I seem to hit the brick wall, even though (as I
have mentioned) I think I have modified all the code to my situation etc. I
was unsure about the /dev or /proc folders: tried both ways and nothing
worked. I often got messages like no such file or folder (can't remember
exactly). Your suggestion to run: "sudo ln -s
/usr/share/alsa/firmware/usx2yloader /lib/firmware/usx2yloader" is something
I haven't tried... I'll do that and see what happens, as it seems that I
have everything in place - my computer just can't load the drivers I
installed  or find where they are? I will be at home tomorrow, so will be
able to try this and then let y'all know if it worked or not.

Gratefully & appreciatively,

Casey
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Reply to Tim and HZN regarding comments on Tascam US-122 on Lucid

[Casey Forslund]

Hey you two - thank you SO much for the reply and your suggestions/questions
around my struggles with the Tascam US-122 and Lucid.

Tim: I'm blown away too that I hadn't heard of this amazing mailing list! I
just learned about it at the end of reading 'the official Ubuntu book'.
Writing in, I didn't know what to expect, but was thinking I'd probably get
a message like: "this isn't the proper place to ask questions like this". I
have been truly shocked to see how many informative and intuitive questions
and replies have come back over the last couple days! Thank you all : )

To get down to the nitty gritty, yes, the US-122 is working fine with
Windows Vista right now, but as I am in love with the whole ethos of Ubuntu,
I want to migrate completely to Ubuntu if possible, but this hardware hangup
has been really, really frustrating.

http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Tascam_US-122#Initial_Setup

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/TASCAM_US-122

I have followed both of the above the tutorials previously (and modified for
newer alsa firmware versions, usb ports etc. etc.) along with about 4
others, but none of them even get my green light to fire up. I'm at the
point where I'm wondering if during the hours and hours of trying all of
these similar tutorials, I have messed up a setting and now the question is,
how to I backtrack to a clean slate again so that if I do come across a
tutorial that works, changes I have made in past attempts don't give me a
false negative.

HZN: Yup, I tried the ALSA tutorial you suggested (
http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Tascam_US-122)  about a week ago to no
avail (no green light on the unit). I think I may just have to switch to a
different distro as you suggested, as nothing anyone has suggested has
worked for me so far. Either that or just keep using Windows to use it,
which seems so cheezy though, as I'm using Ubuntu 'STUDIO', a flavor of
Ubuntu that is supposed to focus on audio/video users etc. Don't get me
wrong - I am truly amazed at Ubuntu/Studio overall, considering it is open
source etc.etc. The thing is that I remember reading a section in 'the
official Ubuntu book' where the author goes on in great detail, comparing
the infirior Windows system of needing drivers, versus the Linux/Ubuntu
system of beleiving hardware should work right out of the box. I know it is
a vastly complicated thing to keep track of all the hardware out there on
this tech crazed planet, year after year, but I just feel I was sold on
something and have been let down. I have POURED hours over this issue, and
still no cigar. I'll explore your suggestions of pulse and jack as well, as
I haven't tinkered too much with them yet.

I see that there are many more replies to the initial message I sent out, so
I'll look them over and keep y'all posted.

Grateful for your comments and interest (the Ubuntu community is SO cool!),

Casey
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Chiming in on the 'cheap-usb-audio-interface' conversation

[Casey Forslund]

Hey all,

I am a newbie with Ubuntu (1yr): I've been running 10.04 Lucid (studio)
lately and I've been blown away at how tough it has been to find a soul out
there who has the skills of knowledge to troubleshoot or problem solve
getting my Tascam US-122 (which is a device that fits the exact description
of the topic I'm replying to) to work with Ubuntu. I have read EVERY posting
on the forums, official and unofficial, got a hold of some VERY
knowledgeable and extremely helpful Ubuntu veterans, but my US-122 is still
dead in the water. I'm just wondering if any of you wants to have mercy on
me and see if you can come up with any options I can pursue. I guess the
second part of this message is that if no one out there can help me, don't
buy a tascam US-122, as I have spent (genuinely) over 30 hours of my time
trying to get this thing to even blink, to no avail. From a noob's (very
limited) perspective, I am quite disappointed in the Studio version of
Ubuntu, as it hasn't been able to work with my hardware, even after tons of
homework, consulting, trial and error etc.
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