No USB Audio

DebianNewb24 · 03-29-2004, 09:04 PM

Let me start off saying that I have tried other distros like suse, redhat and mandrake. I didn't seem to have as many problems getting my usb speakers to work. Maybe I am just missing something. Debian doesn't seem to be finding my usb speakers. I can get my sb live to work just not my usb speakers.
During startup i see that linux recognizes my usb audio and seems like it loads up the modules but when i get int x windows i get no sound any i deas.

irish_rover · 03-31-2004, 09:28 PM

Can you get sound with other speakers as a normal user? If not you may have to add your username to some additional groups in /etc/group

DebianNewb24 · 03-31-2004, 09:43 PM

I found a temporary solution, i recompiled my kernel , using apt-get install kernel-source. That temporarily fixed the problem but I am having major issues with my computer slowing down really badly. When i run xmms, and i open a problem like gimp or firefox, the speakers garble up until the program is finished loading.

irish_rover · 03-31-2004, 10:53 PM

sounds like a little more kernel config-ing and you'll be all set

DebianNewb24 · 04-01-2004, 10:42 PM

I am having major issues with doing a manual recompile, will any of the kernel images you get from apt-get have that will work with usb audio. I can get the usb speakers to work with the manual recompile, but it runs slower then a Pentium 1.

irish_rover · 04-01-2004, 10:55 PM

Hmmm....strange. I'm guessing you've either missed something or added too much...maybe you can send me your .config file (don't post it here...way to big) and some info about your hardware?

DebianNewb24 · 04-02-2004, 12:17 AM

I am confused as well becuase i have done manual kernel compilations with other distros, I really like debian , just can't get it to work correctly. I might try and do a compile the non-debain way, and do it with make bzImage after i run menuconfig.

DebianNewb24 · 04-04-2004, 01:52 AM

I feel like quite the dummy, I reinstaslled woody on my system and seems like the usb audio works fine , I think something must have gone awry when i either upgraded my alsa or dist upgraded to sid. Is there an issue with alsa? the laterst version?

sms043 · 05-03-2004, 12:32 PM

I am using "testing" with USB speakers. As root I can load the audio module and the speakers at /dev/dsp work.
When I log in as user access to /dev/dsp is denied so the USB speakers don't work.
Is there anyway to work around this?

thanks

DebianNewb24 · 05-03-2004, 02:37 PM

What i think the problem is that your user isnt set up to use audio, easiest way to change is run something like kuser where you can add audio to your user.

pHaT tAcO · 05-03-2004, 06:53 PM

well, debian seems to have issues with USB. if you dont reboot often, just allowing all users access to /proc/bus/usb works, but when you reboot, all permissions are reset. i have yet to find a long-term solution to that.

sms043 · 05-03-2004, 10:42 PM

I thought the "user" lost the USB audio but root looses it also. The shutdown and reboot causes the problems to start.
The usb audio device /dev/dsp is gone after a "shutdown -h now" and reboot. The eth0 also is gone. I can get the network (eth0) back with ifconfig and dhclient.
To get the sound back I need to modprobe usbcore , usb-uhci , usb-ohci and audio.
I don't understand why a shutdown and reboot causes all of these problems. How can I make these modules load automatically?

thanks

sms043 · 05-03-2004, 10:50 PM

I forgot to say that I also had to modprobe tulip before I could get the network eth0 working after the shutdown -h now. Is there a better way to shutdown using xdm? I don't see the shutdown option I had with gdm.

thanks

pHaT tAcO · 05-03-2004, 11:03 PM

are you using udev? if so, get rid of it. otherwise, i think modconf auto-loads modules you select at boot

sms043 · 05-04-2004, 02:19 PM

No I do not have udev installed.