Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-11 Thread Nikolaj Thygesen
Programmer In Training wrote: On 04/09/10 10:15, Brodey Dover wrote: "Apr 8 22:30:16 heaven kernel: usb_alloc_device:1624: getting device descriptor at addr 3 failed, USB_ERR_IOERROR!" exactly! That is what is causing the issues. From what I can see, it is like it was explained before. The

Re: [NOT RESOLVED][RESOLVED, for now] Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-11 Thread Programmer In Training
On 04/11/10 05:06, Chris Whitehouse wrote: > It's probably too late to suggest it now but it did occur to me a very > cheap and easy way to get around the original problem might be to > replace the keyboard with a PS/2 keyboard :P (if your computer has a > PS/2 port). PS/2 ports do not work at al

Re: [RESOLVED, for now] Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-11 Thread Chris Whitehouse
Programmer In Training wrote: On 04/09/10 21:04, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Programmer In Training wrote: I'm thinking I'm just going to wait until Tuesday and get a brand new pair of wall-powered speakers. This hassle is NOT worth it ... If "speakers on USB 2.0 card, all else on 1.x built

[RESOLVED, for now] Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-10 Thread Programmer In Training
On 04/09/10 21:04, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > Programmer In Training wrote: > >> I'm thinking I'm just going to wait until Tuesday and get a brand >> new pair of wall-powered speakers. This hassle is NOT worth it ... > > If "speakers on USB 2.0 card, all else on 1.x builtins" doesn't Despi

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-10 Thread Chris Whitehouse
Programmer In Training wrote: On 04/09/10 18:31, Chris Whitehouse wrote: Unless you insist on an operating system solution what you are really after is a 5 volt supply. What about buying a mains USB charger of the right capacity, or if you are handy with bits of wire have a look I wouldn't kn

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-09 Thread Programmer In Training
On 04/09/10 21:04, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > Programmer In Training wrote: > >> I'm thinking I'm just going to wait until Tuesday and get a brand >> new pair of wall-powered speakers. This hassle is NOT worth it ... > > If "speakers on USB 2.0 card, all else on 1.x builtins" doesn't What I

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-09 Thread perryh
Programmer In Training wrote: > I'm thinking I'm just going to wait until Tuesday and get a brand > new pair of wall-powered speakers. This hassle is NOT worth it ... If "speakers on USB 2.0 card, all else on 1.x builtins" doesn't work, you might want to try a power adapter that has a USB host c

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-09 Thread Programmer In Training
On 04/09/10 19:58, mikel king wrote: > Out of curiosity, have you tried an active USB 2.0 HUB to buffer the > speakers from the computer's USB ports? Or even a AC to USB adapter? I don't have one of either of those items. I only have a passive 2.0 HUB (at least I think it's 2.0). Either way, loo

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-09 Thread mikel king
On Apr 9, 2010, at 7:41 PM, Programmer In Training wrote: On 04/09/10 18:31, Chris Whitehouse wrote: Unless you insist on an operating system solution what you are really after is a 5 volt supply. What about buying a mains USB charger of the right capacity, or if you are handy with bits of

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-09 Thread Programmer In Training
On 04/09/10 18:31, Chris Whitehouse wrote: > Unless you insist on an operating system solution what you are really > after is a 5 volt supply. What about buying a mains USB charger of the > right capacity, or if you are handy with bits of wire have a look I wouldn't know where to look for one. >

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-09 Thread Chris Whitehouse
Programmer In Training wrote: I really don't know where to look for this. I've never even heard of USB powered speakers until I got these (no, I don't pay much attention to what's available unless I have a great need for it). I'm thinking I'm just going to wait unt

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-09 Thread Programmer In Training
gt; Speakers labelled 500 mA but really only a low-power USB device. Than they shouldn't be messing with the keyboard, right? It usually takes about an hour or so for the keyboard to settle down to a usable state (until then, I'm doing a lot of mousing as the keyboard is near useless). I

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-09 Thread Warren Block
On Fri, 9 Apr 2010, Programmer In Training wrote: On 04/09/10 10:15, Brodey Dover wrote: "Apr 8 22:30:16 heaven kernel: usb_alloc_device:1624: getting device descriptor at addr 3 failed, USB_ERR_IOERROR!" exactly! That is what is causing the issues. From what I can see, it is like it was expl

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-09 Thread Programmer In Training
On 04/09/10 10:15, Brodey Dover wrote: > "Apr 8 22:30:16 heaven kernel: usb_alloc_device:1624: getting device > descriptor at addr 3 failed, USB_ERR_IOERROR!" > > exactly! That is what is causing the issues. From what I can see, it > is like it was explained before. The OS has chosen to play nice

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-09 Thread Programmer In Training
On 04/09/10 06:25, Warren Block wrote: > On Fri, 9 Apr 2010, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > >> Programmer In Training wrote: >> >>> ... they are only attached for power purposes ... >> >>> Input power: DC 5V 500mA >> >> Any chance these speakers need a USB 2.0 port, and all the ports >> on your F

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-09 Thread Programmer In Training
On 04/09/10 02:51, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > Programmer In Training wrote: > >> ... they are only attached for power purposes ... > >> Input power: DC 5V 500mA > > Any chance these speakers need a USB 2.0 port, and all the ports The expansion card is 2.0 > on your FreeBSD box are 1.x? I

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-09 Thread Programmer In Training
On 04/09/10 02:17, Fbsd1 wrote: > Antonio Olivares wrote: >> On 4/8/10, Programmer In Training wrote: >>> I have acquired a pair of Compaq USB /powered/ speakers. On my parents >>> XP machine they don't seem to cause any problems, but when I hook it up >&g

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-09 Thread Warren Block
On Fri, 9 Apr 2010, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Programmer In Training wrote: ... they are only attached for power purposes ... Input power: DC 5V 500mA Any chance these speakers need a USB 2.0 port, and all the ports on your FreeBSD box are 1.x? I don't remember the USB power spec off

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-09 Thread perryh
Programmer In Training wrote: > ... they are only attached for power purposes ... > Input power: DC 5V 500mA Any chance these speakers need a USB 2.0 port, and all the ports on your FreeBSD box are 1.x? I don't remember the USB power spec offhand, but 2.5W may exceed what a USB 1.x port can su

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-09 Thread Fbsd1
Antonio Olivares wrote: On 4/8/10, Programmer In Training wrote: I have acquired a pair of Compaq USB /powered/ speakers. On my parents XP machine they don't seem to cause any problems, but when I hook it up to listen on my FreeBSD box I have absolutely nothing but problems with the spe

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-08 Thread Programmer In Training
On 04/08/10 23:23, Brodey Dover wrote: > Now that I think about it and have more context as to how things are > working. lshal output could be useful here as well. > > On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 12:21 AM, Brodey Dover wrote: >> Can you provide some dmesg output please? http://www.joseph-a-nagy-jr.u

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-08 Thread Programmer In Training
On 04/08/10 21:34, Antonio Olivares wrote: > Is your keyboard a usb keyboard? Sorry, yes. > Could be a permissions problem? I don't know what could be the problem. I have a USB mouse, keyboard, and web cam all plugged into the same USB PCI card and I've not had any problems until I plugged in t

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-08 Thread Programmer In Training
On 04/08/10 21:29, Brodey Dover wrote: > I believe a call to iostat (there is something similar) you should see > a large amount of interrupts to your USB keyboard driver, at least > that is my assumption. That is my assumption, too. > Unfortunately, I do not have USB powered speake

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-08 Thread Antonio Olivares
On 4/8/10, Programmer In Training wrote: > I have acquired a pair of Compaq USB /powered/ speakers. On my parents > XP machine they don't seem to cause any problems, but when I hook it up > to listen on my FreeBSD box I have absolutely nothing but problems with > the speakers

USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-08 Thread Programmer In Training
I have acquired a pair of Compaq USB /powered/ speakers. On my parents XP machine they don't seem to cause any problems, but when I hook it up to listen on my FreeBSD box I have absolutely nothing but problems with the speakers (even when turned off but still plugged in) interrupting the n