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Topic: HDSPE AIO help

Hello, this is about the hdspe aio card and whether it can run under linux.  I've seen conflicting reports of people claiming it can and can't (not supported alsa) so I thought I should ask here whether my feable efforts are wasted. 

I am currently running AV linux and it came with alsamixer, hdspmixer and hdspconf.  Problem is I can't seem to run hdspmixer and hdspconf.  In terminal I get the can't find hammerfall dsp card message even after I managed to move RME AIO card to Card 0 and onboard to Card 1 position.

I am at a lost to what to do next.

Please note I am a total newbie when it comes to Linux based OS, I am hoping to use it because of the (hopefully) low latancy.

  • sonik
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Re: HDSPE AIO help

Open a terminal and type:
cat /proc/asound/cards
and post the output here.
Post also your file :
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

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Re: HDSPE AIO help

Thanks for the reply.
Here are the infos

d@TARGET:~$ cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [Default        ]: HDSPM - RME AIO_8ee964
                      RME AIO S/N 0x8ee964 at 0xe0100000, irq 19
1 [Intel          ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
                      HDA Intel at 0xe0420000 irq 47
2 [Loopback       ]: Loopback - Loopback
                      Loopback 1

d@TARGET:/etc/modprobe.d$ cat alsa-base.conf
# autoloader aliases
install sound-slot-0 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-0
install sound-slot-1 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-1
install sound-slot-2 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-2
install sound-slot-3 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-3
install sound-slot-4 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-4
install sound-slot-5 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-5
install sound-slot-6 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-6
install sound-slot-7 /sbin/modprobe snd-card-7
# Cause optional modules to be loaded above generic modules
install snd /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-ioctl32 ; /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-seq ; }
install snd-rawmidi /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-rawmidi && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-seq-midi ; : ; }
install snd-emu10k1 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-emu10k1 && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-emu10k1-synth ; : ; }

# Prevent abnormal drivers from grabbing index 0
options bt87x index=-2
options cx88_alsa index=-2
options snd-atiixp-modem index=-2
options snd-intel8x0m index=-2
options snd-via82xx-modem index=-2
# Keep snd-pcsp from beeing loaded as first soundcard
options snd-pcsp index=-2
# Keep snd-usb-audio from beeing loaded as first soundcard
options snd-usb-audio index=-2

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Re: HDSPE AIO help

Open alsabase.conf and add at the beginning the following line:

options snd-hdsp index=0

Reboot and see if it works.

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Re: HDSPE AIO help

I placed "options snd-hdsp index=0" above the line "# autoloader aliases".

Hdspmixer and hdspconf still can't find it even though "rme aio" is listed at card 0 position.

At this point I've already disabled the onboard sound card in Bios so it no longer appears on the list as well.

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Re: HDSPE AIO help

Look if the modules are loaded:

cat /proc/asound/modules

If yes, alsa-wise everything seems to be ok.
Did you see that: http://www.rme-audio.de/forum/viewtopic.php?id=9677

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Re: HDSPE AIO help

d@TARGET:~$ cat /proc/asound/modules
0 snd_hdspm
1 snd_aloop

Ya I've seen that post but hoping I could get it to work with what I have and I am not really sure how to apply what that last post suggests.

8 Reply by sonik (edited by sonik 2013-09-06 11:33:21)

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Re: HDSPE AIO help

Hmmmhh, i really dont get the point. The card is recognised and the module is loaded.
But the driver is not snd-hdsp but snd-hdspm, which is not the same. So maybe you should change
your alsabse.conf with that. Another thing, i have the hdsp-card, and i need alsa-firmware-loader to use
hdsploader.I amnot sure if this is neccessary for your card. But all this should be already installed.
Maybe you should try it on the AV-Linux-Forum?