Logitech 046d:09a1 doesn't work

[helpdeskdan]

It shows up, but refuses to work. Any help greatly appreciated!

dan@dan-desktop:~$ ossrecord -d /dev/dsp8 -t 5 file.wav
/dev/dsp8: Input/output error

dan@dan-desktop:~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 046d:09a1 Logitech, Inc.

Audio devices
HD Audio play front /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcm0 (device index 0)
HD Audio play center/LFE /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcm1 (device index 1)
HD Audio play rear /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcm2 (device index 2)
HD Audio play side /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcm3 (device index 3)
HD Audio play spdif-out /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/spdout0 (device index 4)
HD Audio rec input1-mux /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcmin0 (device index 5)
HD Audio rec input2-mux /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcmin1 (device index 6)
HD Audio rec input3-mux /dev/oss/oss_hdaudio0/pcmin2 (device index 7)
USB sound device rec /dev/oss/usb046d09a1-1/pcmin0 (device index 8)

[cesium]

If the device has an altsetting option in the mixer you can try changing it and test recording again. (I don't expect this to work though - USB recording is generally bugged. Maybe this hackish diff could help, if you're willing to build OSS from source...)

[helpdeskdan]

Thanks for the tip. At long last, I was able to get ALSA working again, which supports it quite well. However, I rather prefer the sound quality of oss; hopefully more support and bugs can beg worked out.