Re: [LAU] Dell 1394 4 pin connector

From: Kim Cascone <kim@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Thu Dec 30 2010 - 20:49:22 EET

On 12/29/2010 06:33 PM, Harry Van Haaren wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I presume your aware that the 4 pin Firewire (1394) connector doesn't
> supply power, and
> you'll need to provide power seperate to the unit. (DC adapter)
yep -- DC connected via wall wart
>
> Also, you sa "the system doesnt recorgnize" your FireBox, did you try
> start JACK? Or what
> did you do to try it out?
also yep - and nada
>
> Also: what does the following command produce (prints out if your
> firewire modules are loaded) :
> lsmod | grep 1394

here are some commands with output:
--------------------------------------------------------------

lsmod | grep 'firewire\|1394'

xt_limit 1394 7
firewire_ohci 21042 0
firewire_core 46643 1 firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t 1383 1 firewire_core

======================

lspci | grep 1394

09:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
(rev 05)

==================

sudo ffado-test ListDevices

-----------------------------------------------
FFADO test and diagnostic utility
Part of the FFADO project -- www.ffado.org
Version: 2.999.0-
(C) 2008, Daniel Wagner, Pieter Palmers
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
-----------------------------------------------

=== 1394 PORT 0 ===
   Node id GUID VendorId ModelId Vendor - Model
    0 0x0000000000000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 Linux Firewire -
no message buffer overruns

==============================================

what is
>
> Cheers, -Harry
>
> On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 1:50 AM, Kim Cascone <kim@email-addr-hidden
> <mailto:kim@email-addr-hidden>> wrote:
>
> I have a Dell Studio 1537 which has a 4 pin 1394 connector
>
> I checked to see if my Ubuntu 10.10 upgrade would allow my
> Presonus Firebox to work
>
> which it allegedly does:
> http://www.ffado.org/?q=node/33
>
> but my system didn't recognize my Firebox after plugging it into
> my Dell using a 4-pin to 6-pin cable
>
> so of course I'm wondering if I need to buy an ExpressCard
> Firewire adapter and if that would work
>
> does anyone have any suggestions or experience with this before I
> trot off to Fry's in search of said adpater?
>
>
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