USB sound [solved]

[R Kimber]

On Tue, 8 Oct 2013 12:15:36 +0100
R Kimber wrote:

> On Tue, 08 Oct 2013 11:38:00 +0200
> Oliver Grawert wrote:
> 
> > > lsusb seems to imply it's
> > > Bus 001 Device 016: ID 04b4:930b Cypress Semiconductor Corp.
> > > as that's the one that disapoears when I unplug it.
> > >   
> > this device uses the snd-usb-hiface driver, this driver is only
> > available in the linux kernel since version 3.11 i think
> 
> Thanks.  That's a likely kind of explanation.  However, snd-usb-hiface
> gives 'not found' when I try to modprobe it, and I couldn't find it either
> on my system or in the Ubuntu Package Search.  I'm using 3.2.0-54-generic
> with 12.04 LTS

OK.  I found a way of installing 3.11.1 on my 12.04 system

http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2013/09/kernel-3-11-1-released-install-upgrade-in-ubuntu-linux-mint/

I followed the very simple instructions and I now have snd-usb-hiface
module loaded and USB sound is working fine !!

Many many thanks Oliver, and also to the others who contributed to this
thread.  I'm very grateful.

- Richard.
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Richard Kimber