Phonic mixer update

[Jay Vaughan]

>> Yeah, this can be an issue.  Firewire arbitration can sometimes
>> 'deadlock' - one device says it needs priority on the bus, another
>> does the same, and suddenly, because the priority flags cannot be  
>> set,
>> none of the devices work (though in the case of disks, I think they
>> often ignore it..)
>
> I could understand that, but why did it work last week?
>


Arbitration can be a dodgy issue with Firewire...

> the firewire disks are on one port of the G5 (rear) and the mixer is  
> on
> another port (front of G5).
>

And this is now working, right?

> Yep, I'm looking at the HP2133 and ubuntu for my next laptop.
>

I'm looking at Lenovo next .. with UbuntuStudio too, of course, which  
I'm finding to be more and more useful every time I use it.. got it  
installed in 3 locations now, and it just keeps improving every week  
with the updates ..

;
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Jay Vaughan