USB speakers

[Herouth Maoz]

It's possible. The optional speakers on my old HP monitor used to work  
like that - USB for power, 3.5mm for sound. I don't think it has  
anything to do with the operating system.

Herouth

Quoting Shlomo Solomon <shlomo.solomon at gmail.com>:

> I don't really know if this is a Linux problem, so I apologize if this turns
> out to be OT.
>
> I bought a pair of cheap USB speakers  - "Muller M128 USB multimedia
> speakers". There are 2 wires - 1 with a USB connection and 1 with a "regular"
> 3.5mm plug. When I plug in the USB connector, the speakers get power, but I
> see nothing in the logs (tail -f /var/log/messages) and get no sound. When I
> also connect the 3.5mm to my sound card, the speakers work.
>
> Is it possible that the USB plug is only for power, or do I have a Linux
> problem (missing driver or something)?
>
>
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