Public bug reported: While trying to install the ALSA driver for the Echo Indigo IO, we run into a problem that manifests itself in the kernel log as:
Aug 30 19:09:41 localhost kernel: [17207680.764000] pccard: CardBus card inserted into slot 0 Aug 30 19:09:41 localhost kernel: [17207680.764000] PCI: Enabling device 0000:03:00.0 (0000 -> 0002) Aug 30 19:09:41 localhost kernel: [17207680.764000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:00.0[A] -> Link [LNKD] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 Aug 30 19:09:41 localhost kernel: [17207680.932000] ALSA /home/frohro/Desktop/alsa-driver-1.0.12/pci/echoaudio/../../alsa-kernel/pci/echoaudio/echoaudio.c:46: get_firmware(): Firmware not available (-2) Aug 30 19:09:41 localhost kernel: [17207680.932000] ALSA /home/frohro/Desktop/alsa-driver-1.0.12/pci/echoaudio/../../alsa-kernel/pci/echoaudio/echoaudio_dsp.c:249: Firmware not found ! Aug 30 19:09:41 localhost kernel: [17207680.932000] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:03:00.0 disabled Aug 30 19:09:41 localhost kernel: [17207680.932000] Echoaudio Indigo IO: probe of 0000:03:00.0 failed with error -2 The ALSA developer claims that it doesn't work with udev. My private email enclosed below: He is encouraging me to install the hotplug scripts to make it work, but I'm afraid of hosing my system by doing that. On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:59:50 -0700 Rob Frohne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Several of us are trying to get an Echo Indigo IO card to work in Ubuntu > > Dapper 6.06, and are getting this problem: > > > > Aug 30 11:26:35 localhost kernel: [17179896.672000] ALSA > > /home/frohro/Desktop/alsa-driver-1.0.12/pci/echoaudio/../../alsa-kernel/pci/echoaudio/echoaudio.c:46: > > > > get_firmware(): Firmware not available (-2) > > > > from dmesg. I followed the path this post describes: > > > > http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1398393 > > > > Can you offer any advice? Make sure you have the hotplug scripts installed (/etc/hotplug*). Make a symlink from /lib/firmware to /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware (IIRC the scripts look for the files in the latter, while alsa installs them in the former path). Then remove the module an load it again. Many distros do not install the hotplug scripts anymore, but udev (at least v0.87) seems to be unable to upload the firmware itself. -- Giuliano. The best description of the problem we are experiencing is given on the forums at: http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1398393 in the very first post. I spent all day on this and made essentially no progress beyond that. We are using Dapper 6.06, and udev 079. ** Affects: udev (Ubuntu) Importance: Untriaged Status: Unconfirmed -- Firmware not available (-2) https://launchpad.net/bugs/58325 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
