Actually, I've found with a couple of USB audio devices that digital output modes (all that are not simple analog) are often missing. Does that sound like the same issue?
** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1189107 Title: USB Soundcard is not detected everytime, especially on resume from suspend Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Creative X-Fi USB seems not to be detected correctly. First time there's no possiblity to change output type to 5.1 (no menu in control center). After detaching and hooking up again it was not there. The third time I was able to detect it. It might be something to do with kernel. I have such information in dmesg: [ 2553.238048] xhci_hcd 0000:00:14.0: xHCI xhci_drop_endpoint called with disabled ep ffff88020eb3b440 ... [ 2594.659850] usb 3-3.1: USB disconnect, device number 4 [ 2600.480546] usb 3-3.1: new full-speed USB device number 9 using xhci_hcd [ 2600.499566] usb 3-3.1: New USB device found, idVendor=041e, idProduct=3042 [ 2600.499574] usb 3-3.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 [ 2600.499578] usb 3-3.1: Product: SB X-Fi Surround 5.1 [ 2600.499582] usb 3-3.1: Manufacturer: Creative Technology [ 2600.499585] usb 3-3.1: SerialNumber: 000001ZK [ 2600.499842] usb 3-3.1: ep 0x83 - rounding interval to 64 microframes, ep desc says 80 microframes [ 2601.150221] xhci_queue_isoc_tx_prepare: 18 callbacks suppressed [ 2636.820277] usb 3-3.1: USB disconnect, device number 9 [ 2640.852723] usb 3-3.1: new full-speed USB device number 10 using xhci_hcd [ 2640.871708] usb 3-3.1: New USB device found, idVendor=041e, idProduct=3042 [ 2640.871716] usb 3-3.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 [ 2640.871720] usb 3-3.1: Product: SB X-Fi Surround 5.1 [ 2640.871723] usb 3-3.1: Manufacturer: Creative Technology [ 2640.871726] usb 3-3.1: SerialNumber: 000001ZK [ 2640.871986] usb 3-3.1: ep 0x83 - rounding interval to 64 microframes, ep desc says 80 microframes [ 2641.512162] xhci_queue_isoc_tx_prepare: 14 callbacks suppressed [ 2654.451042] usb 3-3.1: USB disconnect, device number 10 [ 2656.183934] usb 3-3.1: new full-speed USB device number 11 using xhci_hcd [ 2656.202981] usb 3-3.1: New USB device found, idVendor=041e, idProduct=3042 [ 2656.202989] usb 3-3.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 [ 2656.202993] usb 3-3.1: Product: SB X-Fi Surround 5.1 [ 2656.202997] usb 3-3.1: Manufacturer: Creative Technology [ 2656.203000] usb 3-3.1: SerialNumber: 000001ZK [ 2656.203242] usb 3-3.1: ep 0x83 - rounding interval to 64 microframes, ep desc says 80 microframes [ 2656.843048] xhci_queue_isoc_tx_prepare: 10 callbacks suppressed [ 2663.443582] xhci_queue_isoc_tx_prepare: 18 callbacks suppressed ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: pulseaudio 1:3.0-0ubuntu6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-25.37-generic 3.8.13 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-25-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.1 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: mastier 5078 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC1D0p: mastier 5078 F...m pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: mastier 4113 F.... pulseaudio mastier 5078 F.... pulseaudio Date: Sun Jun 9 10:34:52 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-25 (227 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=rxvt PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: pulseaudio UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-09 (60 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 04/10/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: GCET93WW (2.53 ) dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available dmi.board.name: 34352NG dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Defined dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrGCET93WW(2.53):bd04/10/2013:svnLENOVO:pn34352NG:pvrThinkPadX230Tablet:rvnLENOVO:rn34352NG:rvrNotDefined:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 34352NG dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X230 Tablet dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1189107/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp