[LAU] USB card oddness

I have one of those cheap little sound cards which look like a telephone handset which I've been using on my wife's computer. Had it plugged into a USB multiport. Worked without a problem .... until recently. The speaker worked just fine, but the microphone refused to work. And when I say that it didn't work, it was completely dead. Mind you both pulse and alsa found the mic just fine. I thought the unit was buggered. After all, it's just a 5 or 10$ device. But, I tried it on my computer and it worked fine. Hmmm .... now I get to debug! Figured it out after a few hours :) We'd only recently plugged her mouse into the same multiport. If the "telephone" is plugged into a different port, it works. If the mouse is not plugged into the multiport, it works. So, the problem turns out to be that having a mouse and the microphone on the same multiport caused the problem. Posted here so someone else can save a few hours :) -- **** Listen to my FREE CD at http://www.mellowood.ca/music/cedars **** Bob van der Poel ** Wynndel, British Columbia, CANADA ** EMAIL: bob(a)mellowood.ca WWW: http://www.mellowood.ca