Rick Green wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Nov 2008, Pieter Palmers wrote:
>
>> Rick Green wrote:
>>> I just downloaded and compiled the tarball using the scons method.
>>> I had to invoke sudo at the install step.
>>
>> First of all, thanks for testing FFADO.
>>
>> Did you read the README file in the tarball? It describes how to
>> install ffado correctly.
> Yes, I used the 'scons ; scons install' method as described in the
> README. However, 'scons install' threw an error which led me to run
> 'sudo scons install' which completed normally.
>
>> Moreover it also explains how to generate the information we require
>> to solve any problems.
>>
> Yes, I read that part also. And I had all of two minutes to attempt a
> first launch before I had to leave the house. When it failed, I just
> quickly sent out this post, knowing I'd have to follow up later.
I can only be happy that you were in such a haste to try it ;).
>
>>>
>>> However. that's as far as I got. When I hit 'start' in jackctl, I
>>> get the following:
>>>
>>> jackd 0.113.0
> ...
>>> firewire ERR: Error creating FFADO streaming device
>>> cannot load driver module firewire
>>>
>>
>> Apparently something went wrong somewhere.
>
> Yes, now I'm home and I can look at it closer. The 'something that went
> wrong' turned out to be a failure on my part. In my haste to run a
> quick test, I did not fully seat the firewire cable in its socket.
> Once that simple oversight was corrected, ffado loaded, Ardour was
> able to connect, and I was able to lay down four tracks for about twenty
> minutes without a single xrun. My first recording using the focusrite
> saffire 26 and *only* linux-based tools!
That's good to hear!
>
> Now, I need to learn these new tools. First question: In the jackctl
> setup panel, the 'word length' selector is greyed out and showing '16
> bit'. How can I enable 20- or 24-bit recording?
>
With FFADO, it's always 24 bit. Maybe the default in qjackctl should be
24bit then...
Greets,
Pieter
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