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 p...@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us 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

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: snip 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

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: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-10 Thread Chris Whitehouse
Programmer In Training wrote: On 04/09/10 18:31, Chris Whitehouse wrote: snip 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

[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 p...@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us 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

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-09 Thread Fbsd1
Antonio Olivares wrote: On 4/8/10, Programmer In Training p...@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us 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

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-09 Thread perryh
Programmer In Training p...@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us 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

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-09 Thread Warren Block
On Fri, 9 Apr 2010, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Programmer In Training p...@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us 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

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 p...@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us 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

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 p...@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us 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

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 p...@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us 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

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 and

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

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-09 Thread Programmer In Training
). 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 until Tuesday and get a brand new pair of wall-powered speakers

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 until Tuesday and get a brand new

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-09 Thread Programmer In Training
On 04/09/10 18:31, Chris Whitehouse wrote: snip 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 mikel king
On Apr 9, 2010, at 7:41 PM, Programmer In Training wrote: On 04/09/10 18:31, Chris Whitehouse wrote: snip 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

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-09 Thread Programmer In Training
On 04/09/10 19:58, mikel king wrote: snip 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? snip 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

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-09 Thread perryh
Programmer In Training p...@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us 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

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 p...@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us 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

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 normal

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-08 Thread Antonio Olivares
On 4/8/10, Programmer In Training p...@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us 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

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 speakers for me to test

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-08 Thread Programmer In Training
On 04/08/10 21:34, Antonio Olivares wrote: snip 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

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 dover...@gmail.com wrote: Can you provide some dmesg output please? snip