This is working with no problems at all:

AMD64 64studio versions 1 and 2.

Asus A8NE-FM socket 939
NVidia chipset Nforce 4
Phoenix bios
Sempron 3200+ (x86-64)
80G Sata disk, running in a 6GB partition
1280 MB DDR main memory
NV 6200Turbocache PCI express controller
NEC DVDRW
HP W20 widescreen LCD (very nice with Ardour)

Maudio 24/96 PCI sound card

Yamaha DGX505 synth USB midi
Edirol PCR-80 controller keyboard USB midi

Onboard sound works with 64studio but is locked to 48000 and crackles when driven at 22050 or 44100

Gigabyte K8U-939
2gb of Kingston DDR400 RAM
3 HDD's: 1 WD IDE WD1600JB, 1 Seagate IDE ST3160023A and 1 Seagate SATA ST3250620AS
CD writer LG GCE-8526B
DVD writer Pioneer DVR-109
Echo Mia soundcard (not MiaMidi)
Midiman 2x2 USB midi interface
Matrox AGP G450 configured with Xinerama for dual-head (two CRT's: 1 15'' and 1 17'')
2 Realtek-based NIC, 1 onboard and one as PCI card
Scanner CanoScan LIDE35 USB
Printer Canon i550 USB configured with Turboprint

This config works well with release 1 and 2 (there's just the bug that I must install first the 0.94 release then upgrade... If I do not do this, the system is unable to start. I didn't tried however with the latest 2.0 rc1 ISO).

I also installed the visual theme of UbuntuStudio instead of the 64Studio one.

Also, I replaced Jack with Jackdmp because after a while, the sound was distorted and the only cure was to close and open again Jack. With Jackdmp, I have only a couple of xruns when I start or stop some audio applications (no problems when they run). I run steadily at 64 samples.

I also compiled Ardour 2.0.3 to run vst's.

64 Studio is a really great experience with this (humble) setup.

From what I can gather it is an absolute nightmare to get any decent performance out of the Intel HDA sound cards, especially ones built into laptops. Any experiences (good or bad) and if good, how did you achieve it?

Also some 64studio users have Mboxes laying about. Has anyone entertained the idea of running one of these off 64studio? Anyone succeed?

Cheers

My ASUS P5LD2 MoBo doesn't like the second SATA-harddrive for some mystic reason. Can't find a sdb1.

Laptop ACER 1525 AMD K8 m3000+,NVidia GO 5700 64Mo, Via KM800, Via sound, 512 Mo,DVD Rw 100 Go IDE, Wifi
SB Live USB
MAudio Uno USB
Ext USB Drive Ntfs

Desktop
ASRock Nvidia 410/GForce4MX, Realtek Audio
AMD K8 m3700+
Audio Egosys ESP1010
Nvidia 7600Gt
2 SATA, 1 on ntfs
2 Go DDR gkill
Toshiba DVD Rw
17 Inch LCD Benq
MK-425C Usb keyboard

All works ok ESP1010 very well ;) with Envy24

Desktop with x32 version with DSSI VST ok ;)
Laptop with x64 version all are ok just not VST support
Nvidia Glx Compiz on two ......

Tried my mbox 2 mini, and it doesn't work.

Hi Quentin and all the people at 64Studio!

- CPU: INTEL CORE2 DUO E6420
- MoBo: MSI P6N SLI Platinum, NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI Chipset Based.
- RAM: KINGSTOM 2 x 1GB DDR2 667
- GPU: SVGA 256 MB ATI ASUS X550 HM PCX
- DVD-R/RW: GSA-H44N 18X
- AUDIO CARD: ICE1712 - M AUDIO 1010LT
- ONBOARD AUDIO DEVICE: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia
- SURFACE MIDI CONTROLLER: BEHRINGER BCF2000

Most of it worked out of the box with 64Studio 2.0 rc1 (Now upgraded to rc5). My comments are the following:

- At first, I could not get sound from the m-audio audio card if this was not controlled by Jack. I installed Audacious and couldn't listen to the music if the audio output plugin was ALSA 1.2.5. (with Jack stopped, of course). In addition, I installed Kaffeine and Amarok and they were silent too (Xine engine). Sincerely, not me but a Linux expert solved very quickly the problem (something about the differences in sample frequency, but I don't really know).
With the BCF2000In Ardour, I am not able to assign a button from the controller to the record button of a track (the rest of the controls, faders and all, work fine). I was able to do that with Ardour 0.99.
I have not tried the onboard audio card.
I love this distro.
Thank you
Pablo

Working Properly:

768 Megs of Ram
AMD Duron 1 ghz processor
BFG NVidia Geforce 6200oc
WD 320Gig HD
Seagate 750GB External USB HD
Ali USB 2.0 PCI controller
Realtek 8169 Family Gigabit NIC
AC97 On Board Audio
Logitech Wireless Multimedia KB (Multimedia keys not functioning everything else is good to go)
Logitech Wireless Mouse
Toshiba DVD-RW lightscribe
Maddog CDRW
KDS 22inch LCD monitor

Not working:

Dell 720 Photo Printer

hey everyone I have been meaning to do this for some time now.

OK my desktop is my 64 bit system consisting of an
asus K8V-MX motherboard
athalon 300+
ATI 9200LE video card
1 gig of kingston RAM PC2100
IDE drives
LG CED-8120B CD-RW
M-audio Revolution 7.1 sound card
Photon x25 USB sound card and MIDI controller

All ran on 1.0.0 right out of the box only needed to re configure xorg for screen resolution but got superior audio performance with it.

OK now on my laptop it's a 32 bit system
I don't recall All the specs on it but will give what i can.
Compaq Presario C551NR is model to look up specs.
1.8 MHZ celeron M
512 MB RAM
INTEL 950 graphics
Integrated sound (typical AC 97)
IDE drive

Compaq/HP didn't give alot of info on it. I got the laptop as a gift recently
64studio installed ok however didn't boot until you disabled SATA support in the BIOS. I also use the Photon x25 on this as well and it also performs wonderfully. however it does need a little memory boost to get the single digit latency on Jack with no Xruns on 9 tracks of audio on ardour and a few soft synths running but can get 5.8 msecs of latency with 9 tracks of ardour regularly.

Q: What's the difference between a pizza and a musician?
A: The pizza can feed a family of four.
Soultion: That's why 64studio makes so much sense:D.

I've got a low end machine from Fry's on their low end amd6 box special.

I was using the maudio quattro which only works right under windows.

I gave that away and got a Novation Xiosynth. The midi works great, the audio drivers work great, and I have full duplex. I usually run 44100 16 bits, as everything eventually goes to CD.

The usb midi and audio drivers work great, and rosegarden treats the Xiosynth's synth as a hardware soundcard synth, and everything works with low latency and full duplex, unlike the quattro, which could only handle halfplex.

Motherboard: Intel DP965LT
Processor: Core Duo 2.4Ghz
Memory: 2Gbyte DDR2 6400
Graphics: Nvidia 7300 running with two monitors
Sound Card: Maudio 24/96 PCI Audiofile
Disk: Maxstore Diamondmax 21 250G SATA
DVD writer: SATA nondescript
64Studio 2 rc1 64bit is running happily. Initially, I had an ATA DVD RW installed and whilst the insallation DVD would boot, the booted kernel could not then read the ATA DVD. I purchase the SATA DVD RW and installation went ok. I like it.

Here's my setup, and so far, all is well:

AMD Athlon 64 x2 3800 + cpu
Gigabyte S-Series Socket AM2 mobo, with firewire, PCI and PCI express and USB 2
Presonus Firepod
nVidia PCI Express video card (some el cheapo 3D thing, sorry, I threw the box out, so I don't know what it is exactly)
2 GB Corsair DDR2 PC3200 667 RAM
Seagate 100 GB IDE hard drive
Seagate 300 GB 3Gb/s SATA hard drive
Seagate 750 GB 3Gb/s SATA hard drive
2 SATA DVD/CD drives - one with Writemaster, which I don't know how to use yet
A floppy drive
Antec Solo case
Corsair HX520W modular power supply
Thermaltake Silent 939K8 cpu cooler with heatpipes
S-Flex SFF21E rear case fan

The Firepod works fine, the only thing that I had to do to get it to work was follow the directions at http://freebob.sourceforge.net/index.php/FreeBoB_on_Debian_GNU/Linux - this link was in the freebob README file. Out of that, the only thing I actually had to do was load the raw1394 driver - modprobe raw1394

I included all the specs for the case, power supply, fans, etc., because this machine is whisper quiet.

I have the Firepod hooked up to an Allen and Heath mixer.

I'm using the testing version of 64 bit 64 Studio, but I'm still using the 2.6.19-1-multimedia-amd64 kernel which came with 1.4, because I really don't know how to do kernel upgrades, and this one works.

Now I just need to get my band over here to really give the thing a proper workout!

Hi Susan,
In 64 Studio, kernel upgrades are handled like any other package, and installed automatically if you do a 'Mark all upgrades' in Synaptic. The only difference is that you have to reboot for the new kernel to be used.

There's no particular reason to install a new kernel if the current one is working for you, unless you want to help with testing - for example, checking for regressions.

After your band has given the machine a try, let's hear some of your music :-)

Hi Daniel,

Hey, that's great to know! I've never done a kernel upgrade before, it seemed a little daunting. Anyway, next time I want to upgrade my kernel, it's good to know how easy it is.

I wanted to do a complete reinstall because I'd been putzing around with stuff like trying to compile VLC to work with Jack (I think I'll wait until there's a Debian package with Jack enabled) and I brought in a bunch of libraries from sid, which I never intended to do. So, I've got a nice clean 64 Studio testing box now, with only denemo and k3b, libmad0 and the "ugly" gstreamer plugins from Debian Etch, though one of these days I'm going to set up Apache and MySQL and some Perl modules.

After futzing around, the firepod is working great. I was having a problem with very low sound in Ardour and also Audacity, but that was because the gain on my Allen & Heath was too low. Turn up the dial and boom, all is well! I also found out how to select the input channel for each track in Ardour, so things are starting to make sense:)

Okay, I better get back to practicing my bass or nobody is going to want to hear anything we record:-)

My brand new pieces of hardware:
-MoBo: ASUS P5B
-CPU: Intel Core 2 CPU 6420 @ 2,13 GHz
-GPU: ATI Radeon X550XTX
64studio doesn't recognize the graphics card. lscpi reports "unknown device". The GUI doesn't start.
Cheers!
Pablo

You can get a linux driver for that chip here; http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html

This is my 64 studio laptop

Gateway MX6410m

-Turion 64 ML-34 CPU (support for scaling ok)
-1024MB DDR (2 x 512MB) RAM
-100GB HDD
-8x DVD±RW
-10/100Mbps Ethernet
-56K ITU V.92 fax/modem (have not tried, i just assume it works right)
-4 usb 2.0 and 1 Firewire port
-PC card type I and II (not tested)
-Lexicon lambda USB works quite well for a USB interface although no ALSA mixer support, for now adjusting levels with knobs in front of unit.
-Onboard audio works (AC 97 chip) not very good for serious work but ok for most audio toying and skecth ideas.

NOT WORKING:

-Broadcom wireless 802.11g (Couldnt built ndiswrapper against 64 studio kernel, everything is fine with etch kernel)
-ATI Radeon Xpress 200M graphics (ATI drivers doesnt works with 64 studio kernel, used to work in 1.0 and previous, ok with standard etch kernel)
-4 in 1 Texas instruments flash card reader (have not managed to get this thing running)

Got myself a very nice deal on the following hardware. Installed 64Studio (64-bit) and everything but my graphics card worked out-of-the-box:

OK ASUS A8N-SLI Premium motherboard (NVIDIA nForce4, onboard audio disabled)
OK Athlon X2 3800+ processor
OK 1.5Gb Ram (DDR 333 - dual channel)
OK 1x 160Gb SATA (Western Digital)
OK 17" TFT display (AOC)
OK Samsung SH-S182M DVD (DL) writer with lightScribe
OK M-audio Audiophile 2496
OK Geforce 8500GT PCI-E graphics card (Club3D) after installing latest NVIDIA binaries.

* Dual 2.4GHz Xeon CPUs with Intel's Hyperthreading technology
* Serverworks GC-SL chipset with 400MHz FSB support
* 1GB PC2100 ECC DDR memory with Error Checking and Correction (ECC)
* Integrated LSI Ultra320 SCSI controller and ATA/100 EIDE interface chipset.
* 2 Seagate 72GB SCSI disks, 15,000rpm Ultra320 drives, 1 120 GB ATA drive
* 10/1000 embedded Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet controller
* 2 x 64bit/ 100MHz PCI-X, 2 x 64bit/66MHz & 2 x 32bit 33MHz PCI expansion slots
* Delta 1010lt Audio Card

* MATROX PCI 450G+DVI dual head card.

All working with extra configuration for my MATROX card.

Any one using a MATROX card?

Go to http://matrox.tuxx-home.at/ to get it working. This guy is simply
the best at anything to do with a MATROX card and the linux kenel.

Note: MATROX VGA card users---64Studio or Debian does not supply kernel modules for the MATROX 450G dual head
on the installation disks. You gan get then from the Debian Driver site but they may not work as in my case.
To get X windows working with my MATROX after pulling my hair out I found the best place to go to get
anything to do with MATROX cards working on Debian GNU/Linux.

Set up 64studio from scratch on a Athlon 64x2 4xxx with 2gig ram, Samsung SATA DL DVD writer 18x, nvidia 7900GT graphics adaptor.

Smooth as can be. nVidia worked out of box with the new driver modules - Runs Beryl smoothly without any hitches.

By Dusty:
" Note: MATROX VGA card users---64Studio or Debian does not supply kernel modules for the MATROX 450G dual head on the installation disks. You gan get then from the Debian Driver site but they may not work as in my case.
To get X windows working with my MATROX after pulling my hair out I found the best place to go to get anything to do with MATROX cards working on Debian GNU/Linux. "

Dusty - this site....

http://forum.tuxx-home.at/

is THE place to go if you need support for Matrox dual head graphics under Linux. In fact, it's hosted by the guy who wrote the drivers and I've found him to be enormously helpful. Don't even bother with Matrox themselves. They're utterly useless. A classic case of how indifference and company arrogance have turned a player that was once a world-leading brand into a bunch of also-rans.

Linux user 403389 and Herbaholic Trichopath
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ / 2GB dual chan ddr2 800
Gigabyte ga-m61sme-s2
nvidia nforce 6100
terratec dmx6 fire 24/96
Sidux -64 Gaia
64studio

Works lovely here. Nice work, and glad to be back using 64studio after a long break :)

Greetings all,

I have installed 64studio on HP dv9610us notebook.
AMD Turion 64x2 1.9gb
1536mb DDR2 memory
I have the sound working Onboard Conexant HDAUDIO
Nvidia GeForce Go 7150m graphics card using vesa driver
160gb 5400rpm SATA
Broadcom bcm43xx not up(yet)
intergrated nic not rccognized on install but works well
going to do more digging and will post progress.

Liking what I see so far.
TK421

Hewlett-Packard dv9057ea 17" notebook
AMD Turion 64X2
Broadcom WLAN (@ TK421: you'll probably have to install the UART-driver and blacklist the 43xx-one - it works using ndiswrapper - just google a tutorial)
GeForce 7600 GS (just install NVidia-Linux-Drivers; no prob @ all)
2x120 GB HD
2 Gigs RAM

I'm using Edirol's UA-25 USB outbox. Works just fine. Latency <13ms doing MIDI. Haven't tried audio so far ...

Just got the AMD64 versions working on my laptop. Evidently, the iso does not have the right driver bits for the NVIDIA Quadro, so I got them from the NVIDIA site. http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_amd64_169.12.html

Since X / Gnome wouldn't start (meaning no GUI or browser), I had to
-first copy the binary to my personal website (not sure why)
-use wget to bring down the install package
-ran the install package

Now it seems to work well. Between Blender and Ardour, I won't be getting any sleep tonight.

Thanks for your hard work 64studio people. This is really cool.

After some research on nvidia's website many complained of the 8000/9000 GPUs not working well with 2D graphics. So I traded the 8600 that would not even load x for a 7950 in another MS pc. With the 7950 after the install I even get a GUI desktop now but the USB mouse NOT working. Maybe after I install the correct nividia driver for my GPU the mouse will work. Then again I am a complete novice with Linux and there may be some other setting I need to. Any help is welcomed.

I do know big problems with NIVIDA's 8000/9000 series GPUs and 2D stuff in Linux. Luckily I have a 7950 and it looks promising.

Pat

Try unplugging and replugging the mouse while your system is booted up. Sometimes a usb device just needs to enumerated correctly. Also try another port...

Yes I have my mouse and keyoard on a USB hub and I had to unplug the keyboard from the hub for it to recognise the mouse and then I plugged the keyboard back into the hub. Both are working now.

Pat

Woking harware is:
C2D 6600 at 2.4GHz on a 680i motherboard
Got the Presonus Firebox burning on the first try with Jack and FreeBOB SO I believe my Audio is good

Then there is the NVIDIA driver for my 7950 GeForce Vid crd that wont install as per the instructions on their website. I have a desktop stuck in 640x480 on a 46" Samsung HDTV. The TV never has an issue with any video card I throw at it. I have to commend Nividia for at least trying. but I cant tell a Binary from a Hex driver. Some Linux gedit asks me if it is Binary. Well the manual says I dont need to be a Comp Sci major but I am guessing otherwise. Soon I will feel I am insulting my monitor by leaving this co-MACHINE connected to it.

See my post:

http://www.64studio.com/node/633#comment-2723

Any thoughts on using this as an entry-level 64studio machine?

I can't get Jammin to work on my old 750 MHz Duron system.
Message says the hard drive can't keep up, but the desktop slows to almost frozen. So...

The Price is right on this Dell if I can put 64studio on it.

Intel® Core™2 Duo Proc E7200 (2.53GHZ, 3MB L2 Cache, 1066FSB)

22inch E228WFP Wide Flat Panel Monitor.

Memory: 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz - 2DIMMs

Hard drive: 250GB4 Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™

Video: Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 3100**

Sound: Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio**

**I would put in my MAUDIO Delta 1010 sound card from the duron system and add a Linux-supported NVIDIA graphics card.

Thanks in advance for any feedback.

Looks ok to me. No obvious red flags. See if the intel graphics works before going out to buy a card. If not, generally the 7900 is a good choice (fast enough not to slow down your system, but still supported natively in 64 Studio 2.1.

Let us know your final configuration when you have your system up and running.