Hi Clemens, Thank you for your reply. I've just plugged in the device - without the usb extension cable that I used previously - and it works fine. It seems I was trying with a USB 1.0 extension cable. Terribly sorry for the noise, at least a good lesson for me and eventually for some future readers. ALSA rocks. András On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 8:31 AM, Clemens Ladisch <clemens@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > András Murányi wrote: > > The Edirol M-16DX has been working out of the box with ALSA (using > firmware > > v1.21), capable of recording 18 channels, until upgraded to firmware > v2.0. > > > > symptom: > > When connected via USB, the device's lcd displays "USB ON LINE" which > never > > disappears. Sound still goes through the device but the interface (knobs, > > buttons) don't react any more. On the computer, the sound device gets > > listed, but it cannot be opened. > > Please show the output of "lsusb -v" for this device. > > > Regards, > Clemens > _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel