Comments on: Logitech Premium USB Headsets and Linux

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 21:57:29 +0000

Try running XMMS, selecting the ALSA output plugin, configuring that for the headset, and playing an Ogg Vorbis file.

Or change the BIOS settings to disable the built-in audio, so that the headset becomes the first audio device.

By: Todd

Todd — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 17:27:57 +0000

So how do you test the 350? I am borrowing one from a friend. My dmesg output looks good, but when I play music using mpg321, for example, it still outputs to my laptop speakers. I don’t yet have a skype account, so how would I perform a headphone test to verify speakers and microphone?

- todd
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dmesg output
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input: USB HID v1.00 Device [Logitech Logitech USB Headset] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-2
usbaudio: device 4 audiocontrol interface 0 has 1 input and 1 output AudioStreaming interfaces
usbaudio: valid input sample rate 8000
usbaudio: valid input sample rate 48000
usbaudio: valid input sample rate 44100
usbaudio: valid input sample rate 22050
usbaudio: valid input sample rate 11025
usbaudio: device 4 interface 2 altsetting 1: format 0×00000010 sratelo 8000 sratehi 48000 attributes 0×01
usbaudio: valid output sample rate 8000
usbaudio: valid output sample rate 48000
usbaudio: valid output sample rate 44100
usbaudio: valid output sample rate 22050
usbaudio: valid output sample rate 11025
usbaudio: device 4 interface 1 altsetting 1: format 0×80000010 sratelo 8000 sratehi 48000 attributes 0×01
usbaudio: valid output sample rate 8000
usbaudio: valid output sample rate 48000
usbaudio: valid output sample rate 44100
usbaudio: valid output sample rate 22050
usbaudio: valid output sample rate 11025
usbaudio: device 4 interface 1 altsetting 2: format 0×00000010 sratelo 8000 sratehi 48000 attributes 0×01
usbaudio: registered dsp 14,19
usbaudio: constructing mixer for Terminal 14 type 0×0301
usbaudio: warning: found 1 of 2 logical channels.
usbaudio: assuming that a stereo channel connected directly to a mixer is missing in search (got Labtec headset?). Should be fine.
usbaudio: registered mixer 14,16
usbaudio: constructing mixer for Terminal 10 type 0×0101
usbaudio: registered mixer 14,32
usb_audio_parsecontrol: usb_audio_state at ef636980
usbcore: registered new driver audio
drivers/usb/class/audio.c: v1.0.0:USB Audio Class driver
usbcore: registered new driver snd-usb-audio

By: eric

eric — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 04:26:08 +0000

I eventually got both Logitech models to work fine on the machine, using Fedora Core 4. It turns out that the problem was that I was plugging the headsets into a hub. If I plugged them directly into the ports on the computer (“root hub”), they worked fine.

I don’t know any reason why they shouldn’t work on a hub; they work fine on a hub with Windows. I guess it’s just a problem somewhere in the bowels of the Linux USB support.

Eric [blog author]

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 04:12:02 +0000

Ulp, I may have spoke too soon.

http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/showdev.php?id=3675

Maybe I’ll open the destructo box after all.

Ps. reader, I’m a different Eric than the original poster.

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 04:08:50 +0000

Great. I just got one for my b-day.

Guess it’ll be going back.

Of course, the box doesn’t have a pic of the penguin, but my pop would’ve never figured that one out in the store.

Sigh…