CC-Band wrote: > but i cannot connect the card to alsa ... :-( > > alsactl restore says: cannot get state of E26 This is OK if you've never saved the E26's mixer state before. > fimware loader: probe of 1-2:1.0 failed with error -5 (what does it mean?) > but then: registered new driver emi26 ?? ... ?? > > lsusb now sais: Bus 001 Device 003: ID 086a:0101 Emagic Soft-und Hardware GmbH > (why not 086a:0102 ?) After the firmware has been downloaded, the device disconnects itself and then reconnects as an USB audio device with ID 0101. "error -5" indicates that the firmware loader (the emi26 module) doesn't want to stay loaded because it isn't needed anymore after the firmware has been loaded. > loaded modules are audio and snd-usb-audio To prevent the audio module from loading, put the line audio into the /etc/hotplug/blacklist file. HTH Clemens