Preface all this with: There is nothing that can be done about it, just accept it. I have.
Well, well, well,
Ha, ha, ha, ah, ha,
I've posted about this, not knowing how deep the rabbit hole was. My original post about my frustration in windows and lack of support in linux just got dumber. I've been trying, the past couple of days to get my ubuntu to recognize and use the MobilePreUSB preamp.
Everything I tried, and I know there is more to try, hasn't worked. However, this morning I pulled up hulu.com to view the news, in firefox. And no sound. I know it was working before I attempted getting the preamp working. The preamp was still hooked up but not working this morning. I had seen where it was recognized by ubuntu. So it seems the same problem I'd ran into in windows is replicated in linux.
Its obviously something to do with Adobe/Macromedia cause use of that product and the MobilePreUSB at the same time causes the problem. It only affects veiwing flash/macromedia video. It disabled flashplayer's sound. I can't get it back. System sounds still work. I've uninstalled everything I can find of mozilla and firefox. Including hidden config files in user folder, searched for and deleted the one file I found in system folders. I think it was in /bin . Upon reinstall firefox still won't do flash, so I guess they hid a trigger somewhere that disables its sound.
My only option is to remove all hidden config files from my user directory and do a fresh install making sure partitions for / and /usr are formatted. Been through this before so I know what a waste of my time it'll be.
The MobilePreUSB is definately shelved, permanently. I don't even want to try and sell it. Though its not worth much now. It'd just be selling someone a very troublesome problem. Sure wish M-Audio hadn't signed on with Macromedia. And anti-circumvention laws prohibit trying to do a workaround. Sheesh.
Its like something talked about in one of GreyGeek's posts.
Well, its time to put this all behind me. The pencil pushers get they're way.
[And a final agreement]
I just finished fresh install of ubuntu. I also deleted the "holding fakes?" I'd done on the live USB. So now I got 2 win partitions. win7 n vista (bleah) n linux.
As a proof to me, flash player again works. This time however, while accepting java and/or adobe's EULA, without reading, I'm aware that I'm agreeing that their software has total legal right to deny service to me should I again plug in the USB preamp while their software is in use. And that's that.
[And this is where I started with this thread]
(yea, paragraph form, right)
You know back in 2003 I purchased a USB preamp from a well known guitar store chain. And studio software for it. Not high-end, high enough for me. I hardly use the studio software anymore but I like to use the preamp to port to audio system. I can see where it could be used to do some high(er) quality illegal activity, but I don't. You just have to take my word for it.
Anyway the reason I imagine an issue is, after they bowed to the DRM, they changed their driver so every time I plugged it in, I had to go through the "driver not digitally signed" and click on [continue]. No big, but if you do something wrong, you have to unplug/replug and do it again.
Then at some point hulu.com programs made it mute out. Nothing I could think to do would bring it back. I never pressured them, so I never got a remedy. I won't trust the DRM. So I lurk in the shadows.
Maybe the preamp folks show it somewhere on their site, but I never found it. Turns out on my own, I found the driver had to be installed with Administrator priveledges. They may have mentioned that. I only recently learned how to do it. Not Administator via safe boot, driver won't install in safe mode. Then the driver needs to be installed with a password protected Administrator prompt. Back to safe mode, create Administrator password, reboot. And it works. Thats good for now. But winDoze only.
Well that issue is what lead me to Linux. Kubuntu specifically, but it turns out the USB preamp people won't release the specs, so even though, there are enough ubuntu savvy programmer/coders who'd do it for free, the preamp people won't open up.
[Note here: this info was found on long outdated posts I'd found. There are posts that claim to and describe the procedure for making these M-Audio products work in linux. I tried for a couple days, and have given up. It may be do-able but, I don't want to spend any more time on it.]
Its been 4 years since the advent of 6.06, and nothing. I know, its not ubuntu or Kubuntu's fault. But this is where my distaste for any and all things having to do with security sprouted.
Sorry all, for the rants and the like. I felt, I owed some explaination. Earlier today, reading through forum chat, about the same kind of issue. I was so pissed, while ranting, I couldn't stop my hands from shaking. I am totally pissed. And its worse, nothing anyone can do about it.
I hate the fact, that I abandoned my preamp, off and on for years because of it.
Anyway, again, sorry. I've found a lot needed help from forum members like greygeek, dibl, rog131, askreiger, ... the list just goes on. You know who you are.
Thanks for hanging in there.
I'll check back from time to time, but I think its best if I just search, not post. I get out of hand. And I lose track of what I'm trying to convey. Thats too obvious.
And I even get furious when I'm rebuked. Sorry for that too. If something pisses me off, I need to remember to hold it all in. Letting go, I just explode.
Happy 'bunting all. Keep on truck'n.
linxuser
NOTE: The preceding is not true. Everything I say is a lie. I love it.
"this was from a Star Trek episode where the character playing Harry Mudd said the unresolvable, double negative"
Well, well, well,
Ha, ha, ha, ah, ha,
I've posted about this, not knowing how deep the rabbit hole was. My original post about my frustration in windows and lack of support in linux just got dumber. I've been trying, the past couple of days to get my ubuntu to recognize and use the MobilePreUSB preamp.
Everything I tried, and I know there is more to try, hasn't worked. However, this morning I pulled up hulu.com to view the news, in firefox. And no sound. I know it was working before I attempted getting the preamp working. The preamp was still hooked up but not working this morning. I had seen where it was recognized by ubuntu. So it seems the same problem I'd ran into in windows is replicated in linux.
Its obviously something to do with Adobe/Macromedia cause use of that product and the MobilePreUSB at the same time causes the problem. It only affects veiwing flash/macromedia video. It disabled flashplayer's sound. I can't get it back. System sounds still work. I've uninstalled everything I can find of mozilla and firefox. Including hidden config files in user folder, searched for and deleted the one file I found in system folders. I think it was in /bin . Upon reinstall firefox still won't do flash, so I guess they hid a trigger somewhere that disables its sound.
My only option is to remove all hidden config files from my user directory and do a fresh install making sure partitions for / and /usr are formatted. Been through this before so I know what a waste of my time it'll be.
The MobilePreUSB is definately shelved, permanently. I don't even want to try and sell it. Though its not worth much now. It'd just be selling someone a very troublesome problem. Sure wish M-Audio hadn't signed on with Macromedia. And anti-circumvention laws prohibit trying to do a workaround. Sheesh.
Its like something talked about in one of GreyGeek's posts.
Well, its time to put this all behind me. The pencil pushers get they're way.
[And a final agreement]
I just finished fresh install of ubuntu. I also deleted the "holding fakes?" I'd done on the live USB. So now I got 2 win partitions. win7 n vista (bleah) n linux.
As a proof to me, flash player again works. This time however, while accepting java and/or adobe's EULA, without reading, I'm aware that I'm agreeing that their software has total legal right to deny service to me should I again plug in the USB preamp while their software is in use. And that's that.
[And this is where I started with this thread]
(yea, paragraph form, right)
You know back in 2003 I purchased a USB preamp from a well known guitar store chain. And studio software for it. Not high-end, high enough for me. I hardly use the studio software anymore but I like to use the preamp to port to audio system. I can see where it could be used to do some high(er) quality illegal activity, but I don't. You just have to take my word for it.
Anyway the reason I imagine an issue is, after they bowed to the DRM, they changed their driver so every time I plugged it in, I had to go through the "driver not digitally signed" and click on [continue]. No big, but if you do something wrong, you have to unplug/replug and do it again.
Then at some point hulu.com programs made it mute out. Nothing I could think to do would bring it back. I never pressured them, so I never got a remedy. I won't trust the DRM. So I lurk in the shadows.
Maybe the preamp folks show it somewhere on their site, but I never found it. Turns out on my own, I found the driver had to be installed with Administrator priveledges. They may have mentioned that. I only recently learned how to do it. Not Administator via safe boot, driver won't install in safe mode. Then the driver needs to be installed with a password protected Administrator prompt. Back to safe mode, create Administrator password, reboot. And it works. Thats good for now. But winDoze only.
Well that issue is what lead me to Linux. Kubuntu specifically, but it turns out the USB preamp people won't release the specs, so even though, there are enough ubuntu savvy programmer/coders who'd do it for free, the preamp people won't open up.
[Note here: this info was found on long outdated posts I'd found. There are posts that claim to and describe the procedure for making these M-Audio products work in linux. I tried for a couple days, and have given up. It may be do-able but, I don't want to spend any more time on it.]
Its been 4 years since the advent of 6.06, and nothing. I know, its not ubuntu or Kubuntu's fault. But this is where my distaste for any and all things having to do with security sprouted.
Sorry all, for the rants and the like. I felt, I owed some explaination. Earlier today, reading through forum chat, about the same kind of issue. I was so pissed, while ranting, I couldn't stop my hands from shaking. I am totally pissed. And its worse, nothing anyone can do about it.
I hate the fact, that I abandoned my preamp, off and on for years because of it.
Anyway, again, sorry. I've found a lot needed help from forum members like greygeek, dibl, rog131, askreiger, ... the list just goes on. You know who you are.
Thanks for hanging in there.
I'll check back from time to time, but I think its best if I just search, not post. I get out of hand. And I lose track of what I'm trying to convey. Thats too obvious.
And I even get furious when I'm rebuked. Sorry for that too. If something pisses me off, I need to remember to hold it all in. Letting go, I just explode.
Happy 'bunting all. Keep on truck'n.
linxuser
NOTE: The preceding is not true. Everything I say is a lie. I love it.
"this was from a Star Trek episode where the character playing Harry Mudd said the unresolvable, double negative"
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