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Simon Williams wrote: > > > On 9/23/07, *Simon Robert* <simon.robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:simon.robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > > > Simon Williams wrote: >> Simon Robert wrote: >> >>> Hi >>> I have a set of usb speakers. tesco trust brand, that are supposed to >>> work with laptops. However they do not produce sound! > how are they usb speakers if they run from a standard audio jack plug? > > > Two plugs- jack for input and USB for power, instead of having a > transformer plugged into the mains > > these are a set of mini speakers with a usb plug on the end of the > wire. > > > So what you actually have is a USB soundcard with speakers attached > to it. This means that you now have 2 sound cards to deal with, the > one in the speakers and the existing one, which is asking for trouble. > Also, hard wiring speakers to a soundcard is plain stupid- you can't > change the speakers for better ones or if they break, and I bet it > doesn't have any other jack connections so if you want line in, mic in > or line out you have to use the existing soundcard- meaning that sound > comes in on a different card to the one it goes out on. Yuk. > > My audio card is a bog standard audio card. > > > That's totally irrelevant. Your existing sound card isn't being used > at all. > > It looks like they've been detected and the OS has attempted to > load the needed modules, but something is missing. There is no usb > option in kmix when they're not plugged in > > > What you need to do is either convince your apps to use the USB > soundcard instead of the onboard one, or copy all audio going to the > onboard card to the USB card. I don't know how to do this. ah, all becomes clear. Lucky these are very peripheral peripherals! -- Simon Robert www.oldhouse-cottage.co.uk -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html