Audio USB Sound Card and External USB not working

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Audio USB Sound Card and External USB not working

Post by akstein » Fri Aug 25, 2017 11:20 am

Hi guys,

I need some help to find out why I am not getting the outcomes that I would expect.

The symptoms I am expecting are that the audio and the external USB are not working. I believe this has something to do with the USB Hub I am using. Although is getting powered up through a power strip (thanks @Lphillimore for this) it does not get recognised in lsusb command. When I execute the command it only shows 1 port detected but I would expected 4 or 5 ports to be detected. Since only one port is detected this might be the reason why the USB Sound Card is not detected either. Running cat /proc/asound/modules it only shows - 0 snd_bcm2835. At this point if the USB Hub was detected I would expect the 1 snd-usb-audio module to be shown as part of the command.

The issue I have just described above is the same as the one i had about a month ago. Originally I thought this was due to the fact that I was not using a power strip and that the USB Hub was not getting enough power. Now that I have added the power strip none of the issues seem to be resolved.

So, the output looks like the following:

The command below I don't know why is not recognising the sound card...

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pi@raspberrypi:~ $ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub


The command below I don't know why it doesn't show 4 ports detected as opposed to 1 ?

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pi@raspberrypi:~ $ dmesg
[    0.000000] Booting Linux on physical CPU 0x0
[    0.000000] Linux version 4.9.35+ (dc4@dc4-XPS13-9333) (gcc version 4.9.3 (crosstool-NG crosstool-ng-1.22.0-88-g8460611) ) #1014 Fri Jun 30 14:34:49 BST 2017
[    0.000000] CPU: ARMv6-compatible processor [410fb767] revision 7 (ARMv7), cr=00c5387d
[    0.000000] CPU: PIPT / VIPT nonaliasing data cache, VIPT nonaliasing instruction cache
[    0.000000] OF: fdt:Machine model: Raspberry Pi Zero W Rev 1.1
[    0.000000] cma: Reserved 8 MiB at 0x0f400000
[    0.000000] Memory policy: Data cache writeback
[    0.000000] On node 0 totalpages: 65536
[    0.000000] free_area_init_node: node 0, pgdat c0914874, node_mem_map cfdabe00
[    0.000000]   Normal zone: 576 pages used for memmap
[    0.000000]   Normal zone: 0 pages reserved
[    0.000000]   Normal zone: 65536 pages, LIFO batch:15
[    0.000000] pcpu-alloc: s0 r0 d32768 u32768 alloc=1*32768
[    0.000000] pcpu-alloc: [0] 0 
[    0.000000] Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on.  Total pages: 64960
[    0.000000] Kernel command line: 8250.nr_uarts=0 bcm2708_fb.fbwidth=656 bcm2708_fb.fbheight=416 bcm2708_fb.fbswap=1 smsc95xx.macaddr=B8:27:EB:40:E8:4F vc_mem.mem_base=0x1ec00000 vc_mem.mem_size=0x20000000  dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 dwc_otg.speed=0 console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty1 root=PARTUUID=264d4c22-02 rootfstype=ext4 elevator=deadline fsck.repair=yes rootwait plymouth.enable=0
[    0.000000] PID hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
[    0.000000] Dentry cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
[    0.000000] Inode-cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
[    0.000000] Memory: 241256K/262144K available (5946K kernel code, 489K rwdata, 1948K rodata, 400K init, 734K bss, 12696K reserved, 8192K cma-reserved)
[    0.000000] Virtual kernel memory layout:
    vector  : 0xffff0000 - 0xffff1000   (   4 kB)
    fixmap  : 0xffc00000 - 0xfff00000   (3072 kB)
    vmalloc : 0xd0800000 - 0xff800000   ( 752 MB)
    lowmem  : 0xc0000000 - 0xd0000000   ( 256 MB)
    modules : 0xbf000000 - 0xc0000000   (  16 MB)
      .text : 0xc0008000 - 0xc05d6bbc   (5947 kB)
      .init : 0xc0840000 - 0xc08a4000   ( 400 kB)
      .data : 0xc08a4000 - 0xc091e728   ( 490 kB)
       .bss : 0xc091e728 - 0xc09d5f28   ( 734 kB)
[    0.000000] SLUB: HWalign=32, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=1, Nodes=1
[    0.000000] NR_IRQS:16 nr_irqs:16 16
[    0.000027] sched_clock: 32 bits at 1000kHz, resolution 1000ns, wraps every 2147483647500ns
[    0.000070] clocksource: timer: mask: 0xffffffff max_cycles: 0xffffffff, max_idle_ns: 1911260446275 ns
[    0.000172] bcm2835: system timer (irq = 27)
[    0.000646] Console: colour dummy device 80x30
[    0.001410] console [tty1] enabled
[    0.001466] Calibrating delay loop... 697.95 BogoMIPS (lpj=3489792)
[    0.060351] pid_max: default: 32768 minimum: 301
[    0.060806] Mount-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
[    0.060877] Mountpoint-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
[    0.061983] Disabling cpuset control group subsystem
[    0.062257] CPU: Testing write buffer coherency: ok
[    0.062363] ftrace: allocating 21712 entries in 64 pages
[    0.177123] Setting up static identity map for 0x8200 - 0x8238
[    0.179153] devtmpfs: initialized
[    0.188376] VFP support v0.3: implementor 41 architecture 1 part 20 variant b rev 5
[    0.188867] clocksource: jiffies: mask: 0xffffffff max_cycles: 0xffffffff, max_idle_ns: 19112604462750000 ns
[    0.188966] futex hash table entries: 256 (order: -1, 3072 bytes)
[    0.190291] pinctrl core: initialized pinctrl subsystem
[    0.191800] NET: Registered protocol family 16
[    0.194357] DMA: preallocated 1024 KiB pool for atomic coherent allocations
[    0.204137] hw-breakpoint: found 6 breakpoint and 1 watchpoint registers.
[    0.204229] hw-breakpoint: maximum watchpoint size is 4 bytes.
[    0.204369] Serial: AMBA PL011 UART driver
[    0.207290] bcm2835-mbox 2000b880.mailbox: mailbox enabled
[    0.208073] uart-pl011 20201000.serial: could not find pctldev for node /soc/gpio@7e200000/uart0_pins, deferring probe
[    0.256213] bcm2835-dma 20007000.dma: DMA legacy API manager at d080d000, dmachans=0x1
[    0.259042] SCSI subsystem initialized
[    0.259373] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[    0.259544] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[    0.259784] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[    0.267195] raspberrypi-firmware soc:firmware: Attached to firmware from 2017-07-03 14:16
[    0.269240] clocksource: Switched to clocksource timer
[    0.325521] VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.6.0
[    0.325719] VFS: Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
[    0.326068] FS-Cache: Loaded
[    0.326464] CacheFiles: Loaded
[    0.345799] NET: Registered protocol family 2
[    0.347222] TCP established hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes)
[    0.347342] TCP bind hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes)
[    0.347432] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 2048 bind 2048)
[    0.347560] UDP hash table entries: 256 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
[    0.347625] UDP-Lite hash table entries: 256 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
[    0.347982] NET: Registered protocol family 1
[    0.348790] RPC: Registered named UNIX socket transport module.
[    0.348866] RPC: Registered udp transport module.
[    0.348904] RPC: Registered tcp transport module.
[    0.348939] RPC: Registered tcp NFSv4.1 backchannel transport module.
[    0.350297] hw perfevents: enabled with armv6_1176 PMU driver, 3 counters available
[    0.352793] workingset: timestamp_bits=14 max_order=16 bucket_order=2
[    0.372774] FS-Cache: Netfs 'nfs' registered for caching
[    0.374575] NFS: Registering the id_resolver key type
[    0.374686] Key type id_resolver registered
[    0.374730] Key type id_legacy registered
[    0.379209] Block layer SCSI generic (bsg) driver version 0.4 loaded (major 251)
[    0.379784] io scheduler noop registered
[    0.379849] io scheduler deadline registered (default)
[    0.380357] io scheduler cfq registered
[    0.386228] BCM2708FB: allocated DMA memory 4f500000
[    0.386361] BCM2708FB: allocated DMA channel 0 @ d080d000
[    0.394644] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 82x26
[    0.404888] bcm2835-rng 20104000.rng: hwrng registered
[    0.407729] vc-cma: Videocore CMA driver
[    0.410411] vc-cma: vc_cma_base      = 0x00000000
[    0.412977] vc-cma: vc_cma_size      = 0x00000000 (0 MiB)
[    0.415540] vc-cma: vc_cma_initial   = 0x00000000 (0 MiB)
[    0.418498] vc-mem: phys_addr:0x00000000 mem_base=0x1ec00000 mem_size:0x20000000(512 MiB)
[    0.448796] brd: module loaded
[    0.463760] loop: module loaded
[    0.466171] Loading iSCSI transport class v2.0-870.
[    0.469586] usbcore: registered new interface driver smsc95xx
[    0.472082] dwc_otg: version 3.00a 10-AUG-2012 (platform bus)
[    0.702793] Core Release: 2.80a
[    0.705265] Setting default values for core params
[    0.707619] Finished setting default values for core params
[    0.910432] Using Buffer DMA mode
[    0.912857] Periodic Transfer Interrupt Enhancement - disabled
[    0.915300] Multiprocessor Interrupt Enhancement - disabled
[    0.917712] OTG VER PARAM: 0, OTG VER FLAG: 0
[    0.920283] Dedicated Tx FIFOs mode
[    0.923366] WARN::dwc_otg_hcd_init:1032: FIQ DMA bounce buffers: virt = 0xcf514000 dma = 0x4f514000 len=9024
[    0.928471] FIQ FSM acceleration enabled for :
Non-periodic Split Transactions
Periodic Split Transactions
High-Speed Isochronous Endpoints
Interrupt/Control Split Transaction hack enabled
[    0.941208] dwc_otg: Microframe scheduler enabled
[    0.941362] WARN::hcd_init_fiq:459: FIQ on core 0 at 0xc04512ec
[    0.944017] WARN::hcd_init_fiq:460: FIQ ASM at 0xc04515c8 length 36
[    0.946659] WARN::hcd_init_fiq:486: MPHI regs_base at 0xd08a5000
[    0.949406] dwc_otg 20980000.usb: DWC OTG Controller
[    0.952052] dwc_otg 20980000.usb: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
[    0.954815] dwc_otg 20980000.usb: irq 56, io mem 0x00000000
[    0.957467] Init: Port Power? op_state=1
[    0.960104] Init: Power Port (0)
[    0.962966] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[    0.965616] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[    0.968167] usb usb1: Product: DWC OTG Controller
[    0.970768] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 4.9.35+ dwc_otg_hcd
[    0.973347] usb usb1: SerialNumber: 20980000.usb
[    0.977059] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    0.979768] hub 1-0:1.0: 1 port detected
[    0.983033] dwc_otg: FIQ enabled
[    0.983042] dwc_otg: NAK holdoff enabled
[    0.983047] dwc_otg: FIQ split-transaction FSM enabled
[    0.983069] Module dwc_common_port init
[    0.983577] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[    0.986533] mousedev: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
[    0.990826] bcm2835-wdt 20100000.watchdog: Broadcom BCM2835 watchdog timer
[    0.993969] bcm2835-cpufreq: min=700000 max=1000000
[    0.997212] sdhci: Secure Digital Host Controller Interface driver
[    0.999940] sdhci: Copyright(c) Pierre Ossman
[    1.002946] sdhost-bcm2835 20202000.sdhost: could not get clk, deferring probe
[    1.008202] mmc-bcm2835 20300000.mmc: could not get clk, deferring probe
[    1.011458] sdhci-pltfm: SDHCI platform and OF driver helper
[    1.014796] ledtrig-cpu: registered to indicate activity on CPUs
[    1.017727] hidraw: raw HID events driver (C) Jiri Kosina
[    1.020855] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[    1.023670] usbhid: USB HID core driver
[    1.027675] vchiq: vchiq_init_state: slot_zero = 0xcf580000, is_master = 0
[    1.033101] Initializing XFRM netlink socket
[    1.036373] NET: Registered protocol family 17
[    1.039787] Key type dns_resolver registered
[    1.045028] registered taskstats version 1
[    1.048371] vc-sm: Videocore shared memory driver
[    1.051254] [vc_sm_connected_init]: start
[    1.055139] [vc_sm_connected_init]: end - returning 0
[    1.066863] 20201000.serial: ttyAMA0 at MMIO 0x20201000 (irq = 81, base_baud = 0) is a PL011 rev2
[    1.075091] sdhost: log_buf @ cf513000 (4f513000)
[    1.149303] mmc0: sdhost-bcm2835 loaded - DMA enabled (>1)
[    1.154712] mmc-bcm2835 20300000.mmc: mmc_debug:0 mmc_debug2:0
[    1.157611] mmc-bcm2835 20300000.mmc: DMA channel allocated
[    1.190053] random: fast init done
[    1.239477] of_cfs_init
[    1.243439] of_cfs_init: OK
[    1.252330] Waiting for root device PARTUUID=264d4c22-02...
[    1.265321] mmc1: queuing unknown CIS tuple 0x80 (2 bytes)
[    1.269530] mmc1: queuing unknown CIS tuple 0x80 (3 bytes)
[    1.273714] mmc1: queuing unknown CIS tuple 0x80 (3 bytes)
[    1.279091] mmc1: queuing unknown CIS tuple 0x80 (7 bytes)
[    1.300923] mmc0: host does not support reading read-only switch, assuming write-enable
[    1.308169] mmc0: new high speed SDHC card at address aaaa
[    1.312240] mmcblk0: mmc0:aaaa SL16G 14.8 GiB
[    1.318385]  mmcblk0: p1 p2
[    1.388073] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p2): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
[    1.393291] VFS: Mounted root (ext4 filesystem) readonly on device 179:2.
[    1.412244] mmc1: new high speed SDIO card at address 0001
[    1.415695] devtmpfs: mounted
[    1.419486] Freeing unused kernel memory: 400K (c0840000 - c08a4000)
[    1.422062] This architecture does not have kernel memory protection.
[    1.760521] systemd[1]: systemd 215 running in system mode. (+PAM +AUDIT +SELINUX +IMA +SYSVINIT +LIBCRYPTSETUP +GCRYPT +ACL +XZ -SECCOMP -APPARMOR)
[    1.766688] systemd[1]: Detected architecture 'arm'.
[    1.902798] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[    1.907878] systemd[1]: Inserted module 'ipv6'
[    1.916401] systemd[1]: Set hostname to <raspberrypi>.
[    1.919985] systemd[1]: Initializing machine ID from random generator.
[    1.923610] systemd[1]: Installed transient /etc/machine-id file.
[    2.701332] systemd[1]: Cannot add dependency job for unit regenerate_ssh_host_keys.service, ignoring: Unit regenerate_ssh_host_keys.service failed to load: No such file or directory.
[    2.716992] systemd[1]: Starting Forward Password Requests to Wall Directory Watch.
[    2.724030] systemd[1]: Started Forward Password Requests to Wall Directory Watch.
[    2.730624] systemd[1]: Starting Remote File Systems (Pre).
[    3.497002] usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio
[    4.858387] systemd-udevd[130]: starting version 215
[    7.381691] gpiomem-bcm2835 20200000.gpiomem: Initialised: Registers at 0x20200000
[    7.733896] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p2): re-mounted. Opts: (null)
[    8.999980] usbcore: registered new interface driver brcmfmac
[    9.201097] brcmfmac: Firmware version = wl0: May 27 2016 00:13:38 version 7.45.41.26 (r640327) FWID 01-df77e4a7
[    9.977237] systemd-journald[128]: Received request to flush runtime journal from PID 1
[   12.306634] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[   12.306672] brcmfmac: power management disabled
[   13.098629] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
[   14.431449] uart-pl011 20201000.serial: no DMA platform data
[   15.001650] Adding 102396k swap on /var/swap.  Priority:-1 extents:5 across:200700k SSFS
[   18.859390] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.22
[   18.859581] NET: Registered protocol family 31
[   18.859590] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[   18.859622] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[   18.859641] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[   18.859705] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[   18.871257] Bluetooth: HCI UART driver ver 2.3
[   18.871277] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol H4 registered
[   18.871283] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol Three-wire (H5) registered
[   18.871488] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol Broadcom registered
[   19.175464] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[   19.175476] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
[   19.175506] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized
[   20.239113] input: retrogame as /devices/virtual/input/input0
[   41.594700] random: crng init done
The command below should list snd-usb-audio module as well. Any thoughts ??

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pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cat /proc/asound/modules
 0 snd_bcm2835
And some pictures to illustrate my build focusing in the audio section.
speakerAndJack.jpg
speaker connected to the audio jack
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speakerJackWheel.jpg
plus the wheel potentiometer
speakerJackWheel.jpg (2.26 MiB) Viewed 10114 times
audioAmpWheel.jpg
wheel connected to the amp
audioAmpWheel.jpg (2.33 MiB) Viewed 10114 times
ampUsbCard.jpg
the amp is then wired to the USB Sound card
ampUsbCard.jpg (2.7 MiB) Viewed 10114 times
poweHub.jpg
the USB Sound card then connects with the USB Hub
poweHub.jpg (3.03 MiB) Viewed 10114 times
powerStripUsbHubAndAudioCard.jpg
The USB Hub is powered by the Power Strip
powerStripUsbHubAndAudioCard.jpg (2.95 MiB) Viewed 10114 times
audioGeneral.jpg
General view
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As you can see the components are powered up although not listed. Please let me know if you spot anything. I can upload more pictures of a particular component in more detail if needed.

Thanks for going through the post. Any help is much appreciated!

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Re: Audio USB Sound Card and External USB not working

Post by VeteranGamer » Fri Aug 25, 2017 11:25 am

akstein wrote:
Fri Aug 25, 2017 11:20 am


I need some help to find out why I am not getting the outcomes that I would expect.

i got a sneaky feeling that your headphone socket is wired incorrectly to the speaker (which means also from the volume wheel).....


i could be wrong, but it looks like you've could have the speaker wired to Rin and ROut....

your speaker needs to be connected to ROut & LOut (on the headphone socket) which could be the two middle pins and the outer pins being Rin and Lin (i could be wrong)

whats the pinout for that headphone socket.....


Volume Wheel ROut&LOut connected to Headphonesocket Rin&Lin
Volume Wheel GND Connected to Headphone socket GND
Speaker connected to Headphone socket ROut&Lout

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Re: Audio USB Sound Card and External USB not working

Post by akstein » Fri Aug 25, 2017 11:37 am

I've got the diagram from one of the awesome posts in the forum.
1503682553531354458305.jpg
Wiring diagram for the jack headphone socket
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Would that affect lsusb and dmesg not showing properly??

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Re: Audio USB Sound Card and External USB not working

Post by VeteranGamer » Fri Aug 25, 2017 11:42 am

akstein wrote:
Fri Aug 25, 2017 11:37 am
I've got the diagram from one of the awesome posts in the forum.

1503682553531354458305.jpg

Would that affect lsusb and dmesg not showing properly??
well that explains that....


wire it like this....

Volume Wheel ROut&LOut connected to Headphonesocket Rin&Lin
Volume Wheel GND Connected to Headphone socket GND
Speaker connected to Headphone socket ROut&Lout


and if you've setup retropie properly you'll get sound....


do you know the correct pinout for the volume wheel

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Re: Audio USB Sound Card and External USB not working

Post by akstein » Fri Aug 25, 2017 11:54 am

Ohhh damn it! Thank you for the wiring setup.

I am not 100% sure about the pinout for the wheel either!

Is the retropie configured as BOTH to get the sound?

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Re: Audio USB Sound Card and External USB not working

Post by akstein » Sat Aug 26, 2017 3:33 am

Thanks @VeteranGamer for pointing that out. I've got some noise coming out from the headphones now! Although I am unable to get the sound from the game. I have been using the following guide to set up the audio but no avail http://www.sudomod.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=144

My main problem is that the USB Sound card is not detected by raspbian. Please find below the version of raspbian

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pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cat /proc/version
Linux version 4.9.35+ (dc4@dc4-XPS13-9333) (gcc version 4.9.3 (crosstool-NG crosstool-ng-1.22.0-88-g8460611) ) #1014 Fri Jun 30 14:34:49 BST 2017
Then again lsusb command is not picking up the USB Sound card (refer to output logs above in the previous comment) and I don't know why. I have been battling with this issue for quite a long time now. Anyone can point me in the right direction please do so. I have assumed the components I am using are compatible because many others use them on their builds.

I am stuck with this blocker, anyone with an idea please drop me a line.

Thanks.

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Re: Audio USB Sound Card and External USB not working

Post by VeteranGamer » Sun Aug 27, 2017 11:16 am

akstein wrote:
Sat Aug 26, 2017 3:33 am
Thanks @VeteranGamer for pointing that out. I've got some noise coming out from the headphones now! Although I am unable to get the sound from the game. I have been using the following guide to set up the audio but no avail http://www.sudomod.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=144

My main problem is that the USB Sound card is not detected by raspbian. Please find below the version of raspbian

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pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cat /proc/version
Linux version 4.9.35+ (dc4@dc4-XPS13-9333) (gcc version 4.9.3 (crosstool-NG crosstool-ng-1.22.0-88-g8460611) ) #1014 Fri Jun 30 14:34:49 BST 2017
Then again lsusb command is not picking up the USB Sound card (refer to output logs above in the previous comment) and I don't know why. I have been battling with this issue for quite a long time now. Anyone can point me in the right direction please do so. I have assumed the components I am using are compatible because many others use them on their builds.

I am stuck with this blocker, anyone with an idea please drop me a line.

Thanks.

its your hub.....

looking at it, i would hazard a guess that it has HS8836 (i could be wrong), they can be a little temperamental with the pi zero...
i bet if you disconnect something and reconnect it while its on, it shows up.....


short anwser.... try another hub...

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Re: Audio USB Sound Card and External USB not working

Post by 144TECH » Sun Aug 27, 2017 1:11 pm

VeteranGamer wrote:
Sun Aug 27, 2017 11:16 am
its your hub.....

looking at it, i would hazard a guess that it has HS8836 (i could be wrong), they can be a little temperamental with the pi zero...
i bet if you disconnect something and reconnect it while its on, it shows up.....
short anwser.... try another hub...
Maybe a bit offtopic, but hs8836 is the ONLY working usb hub chip that works stable on 2.0 including transferring roms on 2.0 and also together at the same time with ANY keyboard, and 2 extra gamepads ! :) in fact, ANY usb device runs like a dream on this chip on 2.0
I can confirm this, because i've tested over 12 different chips, and hs8836 is really the winner.
Problems you describe can be caused from other parts inside the hub, it differs from brand to brand.
But i'm talking about a hs8836 hub without a crystal, and only 1 resistor inside.(the most simple one)
In fact, it's 100% the same hub as the topicstarter has :mrgreen:

@Akstein, try to solder the USB audio, on to port No#2 , i'm not sure but there's 1 port of all of them, that runs ANY device, some other ports dont pick everything, so you meight try another port, i'm pretty sure one of them works.
You should connect the hub to a pc, and from there try change from port until the USB soundcard gets found.
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Re: Audio USB Sound Card and External USB not working

Post by VeteranGamer » Sun Aug 27, 2017 1:26 pm

144TECH wrote:
Sun Aug 27, 2017 1:11 pm
VeteranGamer wrote:
Sun Aug 27, 2017 11:16 am
its your hub.....

looking at it, i would hazard a guess that it has HS8836 (i could be wrong), they can be a little temperamental with the pi zero...
i bet if you disconnect something and reconnect it while its on, it shows up.....
short anwser.... try another hub...
Maybe a bit offtopic, but hs8836 is the ONLY working usb hub chip that works stable on 2.0 including transferring roms on 2.0 and also together at the same time with ANY keyboard, and 2 extra gamepads ! :) in fact, ANY usb device runs like a dream on this chip on 2.0
I can confirm this, because i've tested over 12 different chips, and hs8836 is really the winner.
Problems you describe can be caused from other parts inside the hub, it differs from brand to brand.
But i'm talking about a hs8836 hub without a crystal, and only 1 resistor inside.(the most simple one)
In fact, it's 100% the same hub as the topicstarter has :mrgreen:

@Akstein, try to solder the USB audio, on to port No#2 , i'm not sure but there's 1 port of all of them, that runs ANY device, some other ports dont pick everything, so you meight try another port, i'm pretty sure one of them works.
You should connect the hub to a pc, and from there try change from port until the USB soundcard gets found.
i appriciate that... but thats not my experience......

again going by what you recommended, the hub seems a little tempremetal....
if your advising to change ports that doesnt sound that stable.....

as i advised, its a hub issue and thats what needs to be looked at.....

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Re: Audio USB Sound Card and External USB not working

Post by 144TECH » Sun Aug 27, 2017 1:44 pm

No, there is one priority port on there, that works literally with ANY device, the other remaining ports pick up any usb stick, keyboard, or gamepad. the hubs are the most stable ones there are, i disagree with you, maybe you had one wich was damaged or anything else, i've tested everything, hs8836 is the best for a zero trust me. idk what gave you that experience, as well as ANY dac works like a dream on those hubs.
It's not temperamental at all. they just have one port that picks up ANYTHING, while the other ports are good for any other things like a stick or keyboard and so on, so a better solution than this one i haven't found anywhere,..
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