Re: [linux-audio-user] Re: M-Audio MidiSport 2x2

On Thu, 5 Jan 2006 at 19:57 +0800, Peter Clarke wrote:
> Markus Herhoffer <markus@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
>
> > I've been using the M-Audio Midisport 2x2 together with
> > the Maya 44 USB for a long time and it worked quite well.
> > But after an update of ALSA only the Maya 44 works. The
> > module 'snd-usb-audio' is loaded properly and the device
> > is recognized by the system. I've also put
> > 'snd-usb-audio' on the blacklist of hotplug, because
> > hotplug makes some real trouble with USB audio devices.
>
> I had exactly the same problem when updating Gentoo
> recently. Hans Fugal kindly tried to help me on this list
> on 6 Dec 2005, and sent me this informative link:
>
> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1353514&group_id=87777&atid=584353
>
> However, that didn't fix it for me. Now, I have an ugly
> workaround in place: a little script that gets run
> by /etc/conf.d/local.start, which contains the following:
>
> #! /bin/bash
> modprobe snd-usb-audio
> cd /usr/share/usb/midisport
> fxload -D /proc/bus/usb/004/003 MidiSportLoader.ihx -I \
> MidiSport2x2.ihx
> exit
>
> This works, provided that the MidiSport is always at the
> same USB bus address; in your case, you will have to
> change the /004/003 to /002/003.

And presuming you never unplug your keyboard... I can help you get it
working with udev if you'd like the more robust solution. What exactly
didn't work?

-- 
Hans Fugal ; http://hans.fugal.net
 
There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the 
right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.
    -- Johann Sebastian Bach