Re: [Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2015-04-02 Thread ttoine
check if it included in the linux firmware package Antoine THOMAS Tél: 0663137906 2015-04-02 12:11 GMT+02:00 Angus Kerr : > Ttoine, > > Answer 5 years later (!), but yes. Only needed to install the fiirmware > (and have done so again with 14.04.2). For my sound card, where I don't > think that

[Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2015-04-02 Thread Angus Kerr
Ttoine, Answer 5 years later (!), but yes. Only needed to install the fiirmware (and have done so again with 14.04.2). For my sound card, where I don't think that the firmware has changed, it would appear that it's fine to have the alsa drivers and firmware at different versions. I presume this wo

[Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2010-05-17 Thread David Henningsson
** Description changed: + === + Although alsa-firmware is not being included in Ubuntu, all firmware will be included in linux-firmware. Some of it is already included, and the rest will be done for the Maverick release (assuming no legal problems with doing so). Likely, a separate bug will be

Re: [Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2010-05-16 Thread ttoine
Angus, So you confirm that just installing the default alsa-firmware package from alsa-project.org make your sound card working. Great. The problem seems currently that all firmwares for Linux kernel are moving into a new way of restricted parts of the kernel, so in near future, alsa-firmware

Re: [Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2010-05-13 Thread John Vivirito
Ok thanks On 05/13/10 15:45, Daniel T Chen wrote: > John, that's the binary package from the alsa-tools source package. It > isn't the package that's being discussed here, namely, all the firmwares > in the alsa-firmware upstream package need to be inserted into the > linux-firmware source package

[Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2010-05-13 Thread Daniel T Chen
John, that's the binary package from the alsa-tools source package. It isn't the package that's being discussed here, namely, all the firmwares in the alsa-firmware upstream package need to be inserted into the linux-firmware source package in Maverick. This effort is underway already. -- Ubuntu

Re: [Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2010-05-13 Thread John Vivirito
I don't understand this bug. Here is what i get when i search for it: alsa-firmware-loaders - ALSA software loaders for specific hardware Here is some other info i have on this: apt-cache show: gnomefr...@development:~$ show alsa-firmware-loaders Package: alsa-firmware-loaders Priority: extra Sect

[Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2010-05-13 Thread Angus Kerr
Toine Scholtz? just checking was Just hit the same issue after installing a clean 10.04 Ubuntu Studio with an EMU-1212 card. Grabbed the tarball from the alsa website and installed the old fashioned way. After the initial glitch of the firmware missing, I am very impressed with the distro. Fee

Re: [Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2010-04-09 Thread ttoine
David, I and some of Ubuntu Studio team did some work about licences of firmwares in the alsa-firmware package they host. I am very confident about this work. Perhaps could you have a look at it. If something is still missing (licence file, etc...) I will do my best to get it. Toine -- Ubuntu i

[Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2010-04-09 Thread David Henningsson
Ttoine, I believe the lack of knowledge/consensus regarding what is legal or not is currently what's keeping us from moving forward here. If the Medibuntu community has done some research in this area, that information would probably be helpful. Once that has been sorted out, it's just a question

Re: [Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2010-04-08 Thread ttoine
David, Thanks for the resume. So it means that one day, we will see all that audio harware working out of the box. But when, that's the final question ??? -- Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/26294 You received this bug notification because you are a mem

[Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2010-04-08 Thread David Henningsson
Let's sum up, and Toine, this is also an answer to your question in bug #557037. Either alsa-firmware is all legal and then we should move all firmwares to linux-firmware. Or alsa-firmware is partially illegal, then we should move all legal firmwares to linux-firmware and throw away the rest, Or

[Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2010-04-06 Thread David Henningsson
Eliot, Toine, I've started a new bug #557037 for tracking the inclusion of snd-asihpi firmware into linux-firmware. Let us continue the discussion about snd-asihpi there. -- Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/26294 You received this bug notification beca

Re: [Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2010-04-06 Thread EliotBlennerhassett
ttoine wrote: > Eliot, > > For Alsa-firmware, it was possible to use the old version from 64 Studio > in Hardy LTS and Karmic "out of the box". It seems to be a very > "standard" package, for all distributions. That isn't going to work for snd-asihpi driver. Both driver and DSP firmware have ch

Re: [Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2010-04-01 Thread ttoine
Eliot, For Alsa-firmware, it was possible to use the old version from 64 Studio in Hardy LTS and Karmic "out of the box". It seems to be a very "standard" package, for all distributions. Toine -- Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/26294 You received this

Re: [Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2010-03-31 Thread Daniel T Chen
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 6:38 PM, EliotBlennerhassett wrote: > Please more detail about how to contact "Chase et al." https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam#Contacts Depending on the license of the firmware, clone the appropriate git tree (kernel.ubuntu.com/git), add the firmware files, add the prope

[Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2010-03-31 Thread EliotBlennerhassett
Please more detail about how to contact "Chase et al." A few more details about snd-asihpi driver: It is packaged in linux-ubuntu-modules-KERNELVER which is a great start. However, the driver is useless without *matching* firmware. In general the module and firmware must be updated at the same

Re: [Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2010-03-31 Thread Daniel T Chen
Erm, no, work with Chase et al. to provide a proper WHENCE and firmware files to place into the linux-firmware package (if the license is Free. Otherwise, use linux-firmware-nonfree). -- Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/26294 You received this bug notifi

Re: [Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2010-03-31 Thread ttoine
Eliot, David, The alsa-firmware package is not in Ubuntu, but in Medibuntu. So if you want to include new firmwares, please contact Medibuntu, and not Canonical. Toine -- Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/26294 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2010-03-31 Thread David Henningsson
Eliot, First, thanks for your interest in Ubuntu and Linux! I'm always happy to see hardware manufacturers show their interest. I'm just a volunteer, but I did have a look at the alsa-firmware package a while ago, and I didn't see a proper license notice for the asihpi firmware. So if you coul

Re: [Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2010-03-30 Thread ttoine
Eliot, You can find the alsa-firmware package in the medibuntu repository. If your firmware is not included in this package, think to make a bug report on alsa-project.org. Please take care to licence of the firmware if you want it to be included ! Toine EliotBlennerhassett a écrit : > I work f

[Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2010-03-29 Thread EliotBlennerhassett
I work for AudioScience, the ultimate 'upstream' for asihpi drivers and firmware. The asihpi firmware is required to run the snd-asihpi driver which afaik is packaged by Ubuntu (thanks!) This driver is for AudioScience soundcards (http://audioscience.com). Anything I can do to get this firmware

[Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2010-01-18 Thread David Henningsson
Sure, I think I could make an alsa-firmware-stripped package, assuming the decision makers would consider it for inclusion in multiverse. Also I noticed something interesting when looking at medibuntu's packaging: ess, korg, sb16 and yamaha files are removed because they are already provided by li

Re: [Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2010-01-18 Thread ttoine
David, If I would skilled enough, I would have already packaged alsa-firmware in a PPA or something like that. Perhaps can you do something like that ? -- Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/26294 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2010-01-17 Thread David Henningsson
I just downloaded alsa-firmware 1.0.20 and checked it. Assuming the copyright notices in the alsa-firmware aren't lying, I found the following to be ok: aica, echoaudio, emi_26_62, hdsploader, mixartloader, pcxhrloader, usx2yloader and vxloader. The other six is beyond my legal knowledge to know wh

Re: [Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2010-01-17 Thread ttoine
It's just because most of firmwares in the package don't have licence of sources, etc... and so, nobody wants to take the responsibily to package it, even in a restricted repository. At the moment, it is hosted and packaged by the Medibuntu project. Toine -- Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware p

[Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2010-01-17 Thread David Henningsson
Is there a mailinglist archive or similar where I can read up on this issue, and understand what caused the decision to keep alsa-firmware out of Ubuntu? -- Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/26294 You received this bug notification because you are a membe

[Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2008-07-24 Thread ttoine
Endolith, I confirm that we can't do more or better at the moment, and that a lot of time, skills and energy have been deployed to get the current alsa- firmware package in Medibuntu. So it is a bit of a success, as it is more that nothing at all, like at the beginning of Ubuntu. A lot of people u

[Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2008-07-23 Thread Endolith
You agree that "we have no success on this problem", and yet you call me a troll? http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct -- Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/26294 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a di

Re: [Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2008-07-16 Thread ttoine
Restricted driver management can not install alsa-firmware, because the package is not included in the "restricted" repository, like nvidia restricted driver. For the what you said before, we do our best for supporting sound cards. If we can't do better, it is most of the time a problem of the ven

[Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2008-07-16 Thread Endolith
"I'd love to have more details about the "broken packages and inconsistent dependencies." thing" Sorry, I don't remember the details. I had to uninstall several packages and reinstall them (or similarly named ones) to deal with conflicting dependencies. It's very confusing. "Second point, for l

[Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2008-07-10 Thread Albin Tonnerre
I'd love to have more details about the "broken packages and inconsistent dependencies." thing Cheers -- Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/26294 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. --

Re: [Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2008-07-10 Thread ttoine
Endolith, I don't want ot go into a troll, this not the place for. First point, if you have broken packages when adding medibuntu repository, it is up to you and not the case at all for everyone (yes, it appends...) If you do that from a fresh Ubuntu 8.04 install, you won't have this kind of prob

[Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2008-07-10 Thread Endolith
1. I plug in my Echo Indigo sound card, which works fine in Windows and Mac. Nothing happens. 2. Being a somewhat technically-minded user, I check in the System Log to see if there are any errors so I can figure out why it isn't recognized. 3. I copy and paste the errors into Google. 4. I find a

Re: [Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2008-07-10 Thread ttoine
Endolith, It is! Just go to http://medibuntu.org , add their repository to synaptic, and install "alsa-firmware" package and dependencies. Reboot with your pci or pcmcia Echo sound card plugged, and the kernel will load it. Enjoy! Toine Endolith a écrit : > So Echo hardware is supported in Win

[Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2008-07-10 Thread Endolith
So Echo hardware is supported in Windows and Mac, but will never be supported by Ubuntu? -- Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/26294 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2008-05-28 Thread Toby Smithe
Will never fix in Ubuntu (in current copyright state), but a fix has been available in Medibuntu for a while now. ** Also affects: medibuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: medibuntu Importance: Undecided => Wishlist Status: New => Fix Released ** Changed in:

[Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2008-03-30 Thread Toby Smithe
Except that this doesn't require packaging: alsa-firmware is currently on its way into Medibuntu. See [0]. It is unsuitable for Ubuntu distribution (even via multiverse), as it has many licensing incompatibilities. Removing infringing parts of the package would result in crippling it, as so much wo

[Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2008-03-30 Thread Pascal De Vuyst
** Tags added: needs-packaging -- Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/26294 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ub

[Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2008-02-06 Thread Toby Smithe
Unmarking as duplicate: bug 189104 affects the loaders, whereas this bug is regarding the firmware package itself. ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 189104 Patch alsa-firmware-loaders to look for firmwares in correct location at /lib/firmware -- Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware

[Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2008-02-06 Thread ttoine
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 189104 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/189104 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 189104 Patch alsa-firmware-loaders to look for firmwares in correct location at /lib/firmware -- Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package https://bugs.la

[Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2007-09-30 Thread gagarine
http://revu.tauware.de/details.py?upid=44 but on gusty I don't have the alsa-firmware package any way: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo aptitude search alsa-firmware p alsa-firmware-loaders- ALSA software loaders for specific hardware

[Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2007-08-18 Thread gagarine
No progresse? I would like install a RME Hammerfall DSP multiface on my ubuntu feisty... but i don't find the firemwear :(. -- Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/26294 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a d

[Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2007-06-09 Thread Marco Rodrigues
http://revu.tauware.de/details.py?upid=5216 -- Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/26294 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com htt

[Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2007-06-09 Thread Toby Smithe
alsa-firmware is currently in the Ubuntu Studio repository, details of which you can find at http://ubuntustudio.org/downloads I will be aiming to have it incorporated into linux-restricted-modules in Gutsy; I believe this to be possible. ** Changed in: Ubuntu Assignee: (unassigned) => Toby

[Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2007-06-09 Thread Marco Rodrigues
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-cache search alsa-firmware Password: alsa-firmware-loaders - ALSA software loaders for specific hardware Isn't that on Feisty ? -- Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/26294 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2006-10-22 Thread Daniel T Chen
No one from the community stepped up to create a package and submit it for inclusion in Ubuntu. It will not be in Edgy. ** Changed in: Ubuntu Assignee: Daniel T Chen => (unassigned) -- Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package https://launchpad.net/bugs/26294 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

Re: [Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2006-10-22 Thread Daniel T Chen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sampo Savolainen wrote: > Before setting that commandement in stone, you should ask the > ubuntustudio people if they have a package for it ready. At this point it doesn't matter if there _is_ a package ready. We're fewer than three days away from rel

[Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2006-10-22 Thread Sampo Savolainen
Before setting that commandement in stone, you should ask the ubuntustudio people if they have a package for it ready. -- Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package https://launchpad.net/bugs/26294 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listin

[Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2006-10-22 Thread Richard Lamont
Edgy is due to be released next week and this package is still missing. -- Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package https://launchpad.net/bugs/26294 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 26294] Re: Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package

2006-07-20 Thread Daniel T Chen
** Changed in: alsa-utils (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: alsa-utils => None -- Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package https://launchpad.net/bugs/26294 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs