On 04/30/2013 07:43 AM, Clemens Ladisch wrote:
  David Santamauro wrote:
  All is well with every device except the delta
2496 
 Are there any messages in the system log (/var/log/messages or the
 output of dmesg) after you're trying to load the driver snd-ice1712
 (unload it first)?
 
as a matter of fact, yes, sorry, forgot about that error
[   10.973036] ALSA sound/pci/ice1712/ice1712.c:2365 invalid EEPROM
(size = 97)
[   10.979598] snd_ice1712: probe of 0000:05:00.0 failed with error -5
... which is
05:00.0 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies Inc. ICE1712
[Envy24] PCI Multi-Channel I/O Controller (rev 02)
         Subsystem: VIA Technologies Inc. M-Audio Delta Audiophile 2496
         Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 19
         I/O ports at dfa0 [size=32]
         I/O ports at dff0 [size=16]
         I/O ports at dfe0 [size=16]
         I/O ports at df40 [size=64]
         Capabilities: <access denied>