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From: Joao Bonina bonina_2001@yahoo.com To: Alan Stern stern@rowland.harvard.edu Cc: "alsa-devel@alsa-project.org" alsa-devel@alsa-project.org; linux-usb linux-usb@vger.kernel.org; Daniel Mack zonque@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, 1 August 2012, 11:07 Subject: Re: [alsa-devel] Alsa: USB Class 2 Audio soundcard device disappears suddenly
From: Alan Stern stern@rowland.harvard.edu To: Joao Bonina bonina_2001@yahoo.com Cc: Daniel Mack zonque@gmail.com;
"alsa-devel@alsa-project.org" alsa-devel@alsa-project.org; linux-usb linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
Sent: Tuesday, 31 July 2012, 15:35 Subject: Re: [alsa-devel] Alsa: USB Class 2 Audio soundcard device
disappears suddenly
On Tue, 31 Jul 2012, Joao Bonina wrote:
You're right about the EMI message, it's happening when the
streaming stops.
I've tried different cables before, but that didn't solve the
problem.
The motherboard is an Alix 1D, and I'm using the onboard USB 2.0
ports.
If this really is an EMI issue, guess I'll have to source some kind
of miniPCI-USB 2.0 card and see if that solves the problem.
Another possibility is to put a USB hub before the sound device. That _might_ clean up the signal.
Alan Stern
Thanks for that suggestion, Alan.
I used a cheap hub that I had stashed away. At the begining that seemed to solve the problem. But after a while, some clicks and pops became audible.
Disconnected it all for a while, and when I reconnected, the problem was back again with this message on mpd.log:
Aug 01 05:57 : output: "USB" [alsa] failed to play: No such device Aug 01 05:57 : output: closed plugin=alsa name="USB"
This time, there's no EMI message in dmesg.
Still have to try copying files from one usb flash to another.
João Bonina
Did the copying test and all went well there.
Also did a usbmon session with the DAC disconnecting/reconnecting automatically. There was no EMI message in dmesg there, and I'm connecting the DAC through a USB hub.
Analyzed the usbmon log with Virtual USB analyzer, but couldn't find reasons there for the disconnection. I'm not very experienced in this subject, so excuse me if I'm missing something obvious here.
I have the usbmon log. If someone wants to take a look at it, please let me know and I'll send it.
Cheers, Joao Bonina