USB Powered Speakers

[Antonio Olivares]

On 4/8/10, Programmer In Training <pit at 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 (even when turned off but still plugged in) interrupting
> the normal operation of my keyboard (basically it seems that power is
> cut to my keyboard at random). I have a beefy power supply (650W) so I
> really shouldn't be having any power distribution issues.
>
> I've tried the speakers in both the on-board USB ports and the USB
> expansion card (PCI) with the same results.
>
> Any ideas?
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Is your keyboard a usb keyboard?

Could be a permissions problem?

see 4.3.8. USB ports on FreeBSD

http://www.gphoto.org/doc/manual/permissions-usb.html

Hope this helps in some way.

Regards,

Antonio