Amazing what difference the software can make for the hardware I've got!
--sometimes it's hard being a GNU/linux newbie, sometimes it's great--

My Dell has a problem: I have to use the second IDE port to connect my HDD or CD-device. Result is that I can't use a second HDD or CD-player. My cd writer is an old MATSHITA ST... CD-R 4x write speed and it has some feature missing to play most live-cd's. So I replaced it with a ASUS DVD-E616P 16X max and now I can play many other...

Installing M-Audio Midisport 2x2 : I just follow this How-to
(In short) :

sudo -i
cd /tmp

# then get firmware from the 'usbmidi' package
wget http://homepage3.nifty.com/StudioBreeze/software/bin/usbmidi-20040829.tar.gz

# unpack
tar xvzf usbmidi-20040829.tar.gz

# to simplify the instructions copy the firmware to /etc/firmware
mkdir /etc/firmware
cp usbmidi-20040829/testing/MidiSport/ezusbmidi1x1.ihx /etc/firmware/...

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Yesterday I installed Ubuntu again after a failed attempt to install 64studio (the 32bit version) and a failed attempt to install...