Christoph Eckert <ce@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: >> Could someone explain what else I need to do? I've Googled, but all >> the instructions I've found seems specific to other distributions, >> and won't work here. > > Did you do > > /etc/init.d/alsa start That script doesn't appear to take that argument: Usage: /etc/init.d/alsa {unload|reload|force-unload|force-reload|suspend|resume} I assumed that you meant `reload'. > modprobe snd-usb-usx2y nrpacks=1 That gets me a little further. The US-122 actually appears in /proc/asound/cards: 0 [USX2Y ]: USB US-X2Y - TASCAM US-X2Y TASCAM US-X2Y (1604:8007 if 0 at 002/007) However, no /dev/dsp device appears (I'm using udev), and `aplay -l' gives me nothing. Thanks for the help so far. Obviously I'm grateful for any further hints.