Without the update, I have experienced strange noisy inputs with the Mbox2 on GNU/Linux but when I applied the update the noise disappeared… I only just realised this, but you need to upgrade your Mbox 2 firmware to v1.43 using the official updates provided here( Avid) and mirrored on my site here( win64), here( osx_intel) and here( osx_ppc). Any config issues with JACK, make sure you are using the ALSA backend and 2 ins and 2 outs, >256 buffer size and 3 periods. None of the above instructions are relevant anymore because the Mbox2 driver stuff is part of Linux kernel after 3.8! Just plug in your device, lights come on and it works. That’s right folks, if you install a kernel later than 3.8-rc2, your Mbox2 will work right out of the box with Linux! Sudo rmmod snd-usbmidi-lib # ignore errors Then do the following: (extract the tarball to ANY directory then “make” it, install it and modprobe the new driver as follows:) Make sure you have the kernel headers downloaded and installed correctly. It can be compiledįor the current running kernel as follows: Every little bit counts.įor those of you who want the raw driver source, here it is as a kernel module. Please consider donating $5 for further development of free software drivers for Digidesign hardware. This is my unofficial Digidesign Mbox 2 driver for linux.
