[ubuntu-studio-users] running a firepod-soundcard with expressCard-Firewire

[Martin H.]

Hello Ubuntu-studio-community!!!

i got a new laptop. a thinkpad x230! nice one.

now i'm trying to run my firepod with it. of course - it got no 
firewire. so i bought two Firewire Cards for the ExpressCard-slot. here 
they are:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003L55XI0/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B001DZXDYG/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

they both got a VIA Chipset (thats what my windows-installation told me) 
so i guess they are actually the same. (i bought two, because i thought 
that increases the chances of a working one)
I read in the following thread that the best cards to work with linux 
are those with a TI-Chipset. but the same guy wrote, he's got a cheap 
one with a VIA VT6315 Chipset - the same as mine.

http://linux-audio.4202.n7.nabble.com/Express-card-54-adaptor-for-a-Linux-laptop-td24198.html

so i thought, i give it a try. but now i got some problems. first of 
all: how do i check, that the card is working?? the only firewire-device 
i got here is my firepod, so the only way i can check it's function is 
with a running jack... which is not very handy, because i dont know the 
right cofiguration for jack to run with THIS Laptop... jack is not 
starting jet. (it is with the onboary soundcard but not if i change the 
driver to firewire... not surprising)

so, how can i check the working-status of the card?... can someone help 
me with that? would be phuut ;-)

or can someone name me a firewire-card with is for sure running with 
this setup? maybe one with a texas-instruments-chipset?

thanks again...