UA-4FX soundcard not detected

[Latn11]

Hi Everyone,

I'm using FC8, kernel 2.6.24.3-50.fc8, and trying to make my Edirol UA-4FX external sound card work.

I looked around and couldn't find any compatible drivers for linux, so I used ndiswrapper to install the drivers. That worked out fine (rdif1061):

[root@localhost ~]# ndiswrapper -l
netwpn11 : driver installed
device (1385:5F01) present
rdif1061 : driver installed
device (0582:00A3) present

The card is detected when I do lsusb (Roland Corp):

[root@localhost ~]# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1385:5f01 Netgear, Inc WPN111 (no firmware)
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0582:00a3 Roland Corp.
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:c51a Logitech, Inc. MX Revolution/G7 Cordless Mouse
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 06a3:8021 Saitek PLC Eclipse II Keyboard
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

But when I do 'aplay -l', it's not listed:

[root@localhost ~]# aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC883 Analog [ALC883 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 1: ALC883 Digital [ALC883 Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0


It is also not listed anywhere in system-config-soundcard. I'm thinking that I have to create an alias, but, if this is what I need to do, I'm not sure how to do it. I had to create an alias to get system-config-network to show my wireless card, using 'alias wlan0 ndiswrapper'. But I don't know what I should be substituting the 'wlan0' for in the case of my soundcard.

Could I get some advice on this please? Thanks.

Latn11

[Latn11]

Can anyone help with this? I've been looking around but haven't found a solution yet. If I could be pointed in the direction of a good tutorial on installing sound devices (with ndiswrapper), that would suffice.

Thanks

Latn11

[Latn11]

OK,

So, it seems I missed a huge detail regarding ndiswrapper... I didn't realize that it is strictly for wireless devices. I thought that it could be used as a wrapper for any windows drivers, where the device had no linux driver versions available.

My bad.

So my question now is:

Is there anyway to get my external sound card working with Linux? This could be a major deal-breaker for me. My on-board card isn't functioning correctly at all in Fedora (sound only comes out of one side, yet settings seem fine), and if I can't get the external working then I'm screwed. I can't work without music.

Some please help!

Latn11

[Latn11]

Well,

I was fortunate enough to be able to get hold of a UA-5 (at no additional cost), which works straight out of the box (no drivers to install). Yay! :)

For anyone that comes across this in the future, who is trying to get the UA-4FX to work in FC8 (I'm currently using kernel 2.6.24.3-50.fc8), it looks like it just isn't supported in Fedora. So, to save yourself some hassle and frustration, you might be better off using another card, if you can. You never know though, it may well work with other versions, I only tried in Fedora 8.

EDIT: A list of supported soundcards can be found here (http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Matrix:Main). Click on the manufacturer to see compatible devices.

Latn11

[bobn]

I am having the same problem in Fedora 10. At one point the card was visible in the Gnome preferences GUI but it was listed as "not connected". Now it is not even visible from the command
#cat /proc/asound/cards.

There is a generic USB ALSA driver, but I have not tried to install it yet. I have done a sound tutorial that installs all the latest Pulse audio stuff and have turned on pulse group permissions .for my user and for root.

I also saw postings that said sometimes removing Pulse helps. Should I try this? Should I try to follow the ALSA generic USB card instructions? Should I remove Pulse first.

I want to be able to do live recordings from the UA-4 card, and also use it to listen to online radio and simultaneously record the broadcast using Audacity. I can do this in XP on the same machine no problem. I only want to install enough sound software for this kind of functionality. The problem is now I can not even see a USB card listed.

I would appreciate any into articles on how the Fedora sound architecture works,. I really am grasping for straws in the dark.

Thanks for any advice on how to proceed.