[App_rpt-users] URI frustration

Jay Urish jay at unixwolf.net
Fri Sep 21 13:30:40 UTC 2012


Has the Acid distro been updated lately? I think my copy is only a few 
months old.


I checked my laptop last night and it does not have any bios setting for 
integrated sound that might be hosing me up..

My next option if the laptop does not pan out, is a net appliance with 8 
USB ports... I am investigating that now.



On 9/20/2012 11:05 PM, Anthony Percy wrote:
>
> Thanks David,
> I will  investigate the timer res  and get back to you....
>
> regards
> Anthony, VK2ACP
>
> On Sep 21, 2012 2:13 AM, "David McGough" <kb4fxc at inttek.net 
> <mailto:kb4fxc at inttek.net>> wrote:
>
>
>     Hi,
>
>     I've seen URI driver issues in the past as well. In my situation,
>     all was
>     working great on an older MoBo.  Then, for some new repeaters, I
>     switched
>     to a latest-generation Zotac Mini-ITX board with AMD 3.2GHz
>     dual-core CPU.
>     These boxes exhibitied similar green LED issues and "Mr. roboto" like
>     audio problems. I found the problem was due to a kernel
>     timer/compatibility bug with the new hardware....A was using the
>     default
>     ACID install at that point--CentOS 5.3, 2.6.18.xxx kernel.
>
>     I resolved the issue by downloading and "hand cooking" the latest
>     (at that
>     time--2.6.30.5)  kernel which had properly working hi-res timer
>     code. I
>     also hacked the zaptel-dummy driver to use the hi-res timer. Since
>     these
>     fixes, both boxes have run perfectly--the latest uptime (which I just
>     checked) is 208 days. Also, neither box exhibits any cold boot /
>     warm boot
>     issues.
>
>
>     73, David KB4FXC
>
>
>
>     On Thu, 20 Sep 2012, Anthony Percy wrote:
>
>     > Hi Jay,
>     > The reason I replied is I have been trying ( and I think got a
>     working
>     > solution) to fix a similar problem for weeks, talk about CM108 URI
>     > Frustration.....!
>     >
>     > What happened is this...
>     >
>     > 1. Our VK2CRZ allstar node 2393 has been working for a few years now
>     > but the  PC is a bit old... So we bought a new Intel H55 chipset
>     based
>     > i3 mobo a few months ago to replace it (Model no is ASUS
>     P7H55D-M Pro
>     > mobo).
>     > 2. We loaded new ACID install, copied the existing /etc/asterisk
>     > files, unplugged the USB cable existing URI connected to the
>     repeater
>     > and connected to the new Allstar PC....
>     > 3. We found the COR and PTT worked fine but the audio was just
>     hum.. :-(
>     > 4. Plugged the URI back into the existing repeater and it works
>     fine!!!
>     > 5. Looks like an audio path problem.... but the URI green LED was
>     > flashing slower and after a few cold boots we noticed the new
>     boot now
>     > had the URI green LED flashing faster and now the repeater audio
>     > worked fine!!! Did a warm reboot  , URI green was flashing
>     slower and
>     > repeater audio was now hum again....No matter what I did could I get
>     > the URI green LED flashing faster again on the ACID install....
>     >
>     > My research indicated that there is some sort of conflict
>     between the
>     > URI sound driver (snd-usb-audio) and the snd-hda-intel driver
>     that is
>     > used for the Realtek ALC886 sound card on this H55 express chipset
>     > motherboard...And maybe a probelm with the H55 USB bus...
>     >
>     > This is what I tried...
>     >
>     > 1. Disable the Sound card in the Bios... It seems that as soon
>     as the
>     > snd-hda-intel drivers are loaded, your URI sound drivers are stuffed
>     > and now unreliable, so that was no fix.
>     > 2. Gave up on Centos/ACID and setup up latest Debian 6.x on the ASUS
>     > mobo . Downloaded allstar source code, and setup dev enviroment.
>     > 3. Compiled Zaptel first... Compiled OK but zaptel udev was
>     broken on
>     > reboot. Easliy fixed by changing zaptel.rules "=" lines to"=="!!!
>     > 4. Compiled asterisk OK and did make install, All OK.
>     > 5. Tried loading Realtek ALC886/snd-hda-intel  sound card drivers..
>     > Worked fine but they TOTALLY removed snd-usb-audio URI sound
>     > drivers!!!!
>     > 6. Noticed that Realtek ALC886/snd-hda-intel  sound card drivers is
>     > really a ALSA driver install with configure options. Googled and
>     found
>     > options to reload snd-usb-audio drivers.... e.g download from
>     > alsa-projects.org <http://alsa-projects.org>; alsa-driver-1.0.25
>      and ./configure
>     > --enable-dynamic-minors
>     > 7. Disable sound card in bios and reboot. URI drivers are now
>     working again...
>     > 8. Now load alsa-oss-1.0.25 drivers or the chan_usradio driver
>     > complains about missing devices...and cold reboot.
>     >
>     > Now allstar seems to work ok on the URI card... Warm reboots don't
>     > work all the time however in resetting URI card. Only cold
>     reboot will
>     > reset the URI, in that a warm reboot may end up with the URI green
>     > leds flashing slowly but a cold reboot 9/10 times now seems to
>     set the
>     > URI green leds flashing at the normal rate...
>     > Sometimes a "alsa force-reload" will help reset the URI
>     > I hope this is not a general problem but is one that is mobo/URI
>     specific....
>     >
>     > Hope it helps
>     >
>     > Anthony, VK2ACP
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > Jay Urish jay at unixwolf.net <mailto:jay at unixwolf.net>
>     > 1:00 PM (2 hours ago)
>     >
>     > Yes, my LED appears to be flashing at the right rate. I just have an
>     > audio path problem.. I have the COR and PTT right..
>     >
>     >
>     > Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] URI frustration
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>     >
>     > Hi Jay,
>     > I had a similar problem recently. on a repeater that worked
>     perfectly
>     > using an older motherboard...
>     > ... To check if its the same problem, is the URI green LED
>     flashing at
>     > its normal rate, e.g. 3-4 times a second  or is it a lot slower?
>     > And are you using the current ACID install????
>     >
>     > Regards
>     >
>     > Anthony, VK2ACP
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