[PD] Comport can't read serial devices when soundcard is plugged in

[Pierre Massat]

FIXED!!!

Please read my new post "Got Arduino UNO to work in Linux (Ubuntu)" if you
need the fix.

Pierre

2011/7/9 Pierre Massat <pimassat at gmail.com>

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> http://arduino.cc/blog/2011/02/15/fix-to-uno-and-mega-2560-linux-serial-problems/
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> I'll try this tomorrow, and i'll let you know if it works.
>
> Pierre
>
>
> 2011/7/9 Pierre Massat <pimassat at gmail.com>
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>> I m pretty sure it's not related to the hardware, as it works perfectly
>> fine in windows. I believe it has to do with the firmware.
>>
>>
>> 2011/7/9 Martin Peach <martin.peach at sympatico.ca>
>>
>>> If you are plugging and unplugging the arduino it's possible the OS
>>> doesn't detect it properly. I know there were issues with the FTDI driver
>>> not reporting when the device had been removed, that caused Pd to hang.
>>> As long as your resistors are more than about 1 kOhm it should be OK.
>>> If you write ones to the input pins they will have internal pullup
>>> resistors enabled, so a switch that connects the pin to ground when it's on
>>> will work.
>>> And the pots should be wired like this:
>>>
>>> 5V
>>> \
>>> /
>>> \<----Pin
>>> /
>>> \
>>> GND
>>>
>>> Anyway you say it works once it connects, so it's probably not the
>>> hardware, except possibly the cable/connectors.
>>>
>>> Martin
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2011-07-09 12:00, Pierre Massat wrote:
>>>
>>>> It's a laptop.
>>>> I don't get random dropouts once it's connected (I used it for 2 ours in
>>>> Pd and it worked fine all the time), but it just doesn't appear (either
>>>> in the Serial port menu of the IDE, or in the device list that comport
>>>> outputs) randomly. Do you think that this could still be caused by
>>>> something sucking up too much current? There's nothing special connected
>>>> to the board : 2 pots, and 8 buttons (wired so that their rest position
>>>> is High).
>>>>
>>>> Pierre
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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