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Posted: **Tue Mar 09, 2004 6:53 pm**

USB Headsets vs PCI SoundCards
Mandrake & ALSA

I current have a standard PCI soundcard, installed with up-to-date cirus drivers.
I would like to install my Plantronics Headset but i come against a bit of a problem, heh.

When the USB Headset is plugged in, Linux will not start, (it freezes during boot, sometimes during usb module dependancies loading, sometimes not).

I have tried playing around with ALSA a bit, with no success.

I have followed [url="http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/archive/18/2003/10/1/98005"]this[/url] thread too.

Im running out of ideas.

I have booted the system without any USB except the headset, with all of them etc.
I managed to get it to boot with it installed on one occasion, but i couldnt use it or see it with usbview.

Operating System: Mandrake Linux 9.2
USB Headset: Plantronics DSP-400
USB Mouse: Logitech MX700 Wireless

I have a USB2 5port PCI card installed too, i have tried removing all appliances from that too.

Please help

Posted: **Sun Mar 14, 2004 1:52 pm**

Well, with ALSA installed correctly and my kernel updated, i can now see "USB AUDIO" uder ALSA in XMMS output preferrences, if i plug the headset in while the PC is running.

But when i select this device i hear nothing more than a squelch.

Once it said "unable to install hw parameters"

It also now appears under 'usbview' as....

snd-usb-audio / hid
Speed: 12Mb/s (full)
USB Version: 1.10
Device Class: 00(>ifc )
Device Subclass: 00
Device Protocol: 00
Maximum Default Endpoint Size: 8
Number of Configurations: 1
Vendor Id: 047f
Product Id: 0ca1
Revision Number: 0.04

Config Number: 1
Number of Interfaces: 4
Attributes: 80
MaxPower Needed: 100mA

Interface Number: 0
Name: snd-usb-audio
Alternate Number: 0
Class: 01(audio)
Sub Class: 01
Protocol: 00
Number of Endpoints: 0

Interface Number: 1
Name: snd-usb-audio
Alternate Number: 0
Class: 01(audio)
Sub Class: 02
Protocol: 00
Number of Endpoints: 0

Interface Number: 1
Name: snd-usb-audio
Alternate Number: 1
Class: 01(audio)
Sub Class: 02
Protocol: 00
Number of Endpoints: 1

Endpoint Address: 01
Direction: out
Attribute: 9
Type: Isoc
Max Packet Size: 100
Interval: 1ms

Interface Number: 1
Name: snd-usb-audio
Alternate Number: 2
Class: 01(audio)
Sub Class: 02
Protocol: 00
Number of Endpoints: 1

Endpoint Address: 01
Direction: out
Attribute: 9
Type: Isoc
Max Packet Size: 200
Interval: 1ms

Interface Number: 2
Name: snd-usb-audio
Alternate Number: 0
Class: 01(audio)
Sub Class: 02
Protocol: 00
Number of Endpoints: 0

Interface Number: 2
Name: snd-usb-audio
Alternate Number: 1
Class: 01(audio)
Sub Class: 02
Protocol: 00
Number of Endpoints: 1

Endpoint Address: 84
Direction: in
Attribute: 9
Type: Isoc
Max Packet Size: 50
Interval: 1ms

Interface Number: 2
Name: snd-usb-audio
Alternate Number: 2
Class: 01(audio)
Sub Class: 02
Protocol: 00
Number of Endpoints: 1

Endpoint Address: 84
Direction: in
Attribute: 9
Type: Isoc
Max Packet Size: 100
Interval: 1ms

Interface Number: 3
Name: hid
Alternate Number: 0
Class: 03(HID )
Sub Class: 00
Protocol: 00
Number of Endpoints: 1

Endpoint Address: 83
Direction: in
Attribute: 3
Type: Int.
Max Packet Size: 2
Interval: 3ms