Mic recognition problems

Hi, I am having microphone issues. I bought an external mic and my computer does not recognize it. I tried to use it with ichat but it didnt work. I also tried to use the mic from videocamera for ichat and from the SOUND window in system preferences. Nothing.
I desperately want to use this function to speak to my family in Brasil.
Is there anyone out there who can help me

Hi, Digigirl -
Many Macs require a non-standard microphone, or at least one that complies with Apple's requirements -
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=18275
Many users have found that the solution is to use a device such as Griffin's iMic adapter, which allows the use of a wise variety of microphones and connects via USB.

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BIOS-e820: 000000000009f000 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000007fee0000 (usable)
BIOS-e820: 000000007fee0000 - 000000007fee3000 (ACPI NVS)
BIOS-e820: 000000007fee3000 - 000000007fef0000 (ACPI data)
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ACPI: RSDP 000F9210, 0014 (r0 IntelR)
ACPI: RSDT 7FEE3040, 003C (r1 IntelR AWRDACPI 42302E31 AWRD 0)
ACPI: FACP 7FEE30C0, 0074 (r1 IntelR AWRDACPI 42302E31 AWRD 0)
ACPI: DSDT 7FEE3180, 4BB6 (r1 INTELR AWRDACPI 1000 MSFT 100000E)
ACPI: FACS 7FEE0000, 0040
ACPI: HPET 7FEE7E80, 0038 (r1 IntelR AWRDACPI 42302E31 AWRD 98)
ACPI: MCFG 7FEE7F00, 003C (r1 IntelR AWRDACPI 42302E31 AWRD 0)
ACPI: APIC 7FEE7D80, 0084 (r1 IntelR AWRDACPI 42302E31 AWRD 0)
ACPI: SSDT 7FEE7F80, 015C (r1 PmRef Cpu0Ist 3000 INTL 20060912)
ACPI: SSDT 7FEE8410, 02F1 (r1 PmRef CpuPm 3000 INTL 20040311)
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Entering add_active_range(0, 256, 524000) 1 entries of 256 used
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DMA 0 -> 4096
DMA32 4096 -> 1048576
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Movable zone start PFN for each node
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0: 0 -> 159
0: 256 -> 524000
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DMA zone: 56 pages used for memmap
DMA zone: 1354 pages reserved
DMA zone: 2589 pages, LIFO batch:0
DMA32 zone: 7108 pages used for memmap
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Movable zone: 0 pages used for memmap
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ACPI: Local APIC address 0xfee00000
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x00] lapic_id[0x00] enabled)
Processor #0 (Bootup-CPU)
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x01] lapic_id[0x01] enabled)
Processor #1
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x02] lapic_id[0x02] disabled)
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x03] lapic_id[0x03] disabled)
ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x00] high edge lint[0x1])
ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x01] high edge lint[0x1])
ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x02] high edge lint[0x1])
ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x03] high edge lint[0x1])
ACPI: IOAPIC (id[0x04] address[0xfec00000] gsi_base[0])
IOAPIC[0]: apic_id 4, address 0xfec00000, GSI 0-23
ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 0 global_irq 2 dfl dfl)
ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 9 global_irq 9 high level)
ACPI: IRQ0 used by override.
ACPI: IRQ2 used by override.
ACPI: IRQ9 used by override.
Setting APIC routing to flat
ACPI: HPET id: 0x10b9a201 base: 0xfed00000
Using ACPI (MADT) for SMP configuration information
swsusp: Registered nosave memory region: 000000000009f000 - 00000000000a0000
swsusp: Registered nosave memory region: 00000000000a0000 - 00000000000f0000
swsusp: Registered nosave memory region: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000
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SMP: Allowing 4 CPUs, 2 hotplug CPUs
PERCPU: Allocating 33200 bytes of per cpu data
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Kernel command line: root=/dev/sda1 ro vga=791
Initializing CPU#0
PID hash table entries: 4096 (order: 12, 32768 bytes)
hpet clockevent registered
TSC calibrated against HPET
time.c: Detected 2395.908 MHz processor.
Console: colour dummy device 80x25
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Dentry cache hash table entries: 262144 (order: 9, 2097152 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
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Calgary: detecting Calgary via BIOS EBDA area
Calgary: Unable to locate Rio Grande table in EBDA - bailing!
Memory: 2057296k/2096000k available (2958k kernel code, 38092k reserved, 1092k data, 248k init)
SLUB: Genslabs=11, HWalign=64, Order=0-1, MinObjects=4, CPUs=4, Nodes=1
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CPU: L1 I cache: 32K, L1 D cache: 32K
CPU: L2 cache: 4096K
using mwait in idle threads.
CPU: Physical Processor ID: 0
CPU: Processor Core ID: 0
CPU0: Thermal monitoring enabled (TM1)
SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
Early unpacking initramfs... done
ACPI: Core revision 20070126
ACPI: Looking for DSDT in initramfs... error, file /DSDT.aml not found.
Using local APIC timer interrupts.
APIC timer calibration result 16638250
Detected 16.638 MHz APIC timer.
SMP alternatives: switching to SMP code
Booting processor 1/2 APIC 0x1
Initializing CPU#1
Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 4793.45 BogoMIPS (lpj=7986329)
CPU: L1 I cache: 32K, L1 D cache: 32K
CPU: L2 cache: 4096K
CPU: Physical Processor ID: 0
CPU: Processor Core ID: 1
CPU1: Thermal monitoring enabled (TM2)
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz stepping 06
checking TSC synchronization [CPU#0 -> CPU#1]: passed.
Brought up 2 CPUs
net_namespace: 120 bytes
NET: Registered protocol family 16
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PCI: Using MMCONFIG at e0000000 - efffffff
ACPI: EC: Look up EC in DSDT
ACPI: Interpreter enabled
ACPI: (supports S0 S1 S4 S5)
ACPI: Using IOAPIC for interrupt routing
ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (0000:00)
PCI quirk: region 0400-047f claimed by ICH6 ACPI/GPIO/TCO
PCI quirk: region 0480-04bf claimed by ICH6 GPIO
PCI: Transparent bridge - 0000:00:1e.0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.PEX0._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.HUB0._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 *10 11 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 *10 11 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 *11 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 *11 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 14 15) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] (IRQs 3 4 *5 7 9 10 11 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK0] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 *9 10 11 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK1] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 14 15) *0, disabled.
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ACPI: bus type pnp registered
pnp: PnP ACPI: found 16 devices
ACPI: ACPI bus type pnp unregistered
SCSI subsystem initialized
PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
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NetLabel: Initializing
NetLabel: domain hash size = 128
NetLabel: protocols = UNLABELED CIPSOv4
NetLabel: unlabeled traffic allowed by default
PCI-GART: No AMD northbridge found.
ACPI: RTC can wake from S4
Time: tsc clocksource has been installed.
system 00:01: ioport range 0x4d0-0x4d1 has been reserved
system 00:01: ioport range 0xa00-0xa7f has been reserved
system 00:01: ioport range 0x880-0x88f has been reserved
system 00:0c: ioport range 0x400-0x4bf could not be reserved
system 00:0e: iomem range 0xe0000000-0xefffffff could not be reserved
system 00:0f: iomem range 0xf0000-0xfffff could not be reserved
system 00:0f: iomem range 0xfed00000-0xfed000ff has been reserved
system 00:0f: iomem range 0x7fee0000-0x7fefffff could not be reserved
system 00:0f: iomem range 0x0-0x9ffff could not be reserved
system 00:0f: iomem range 0x100000-0x7fedffff could not be reserved
system 00:0f: iomem range 0xfec00000-0xfec00fff has been reserved
system 00:0f: iomem range 0xfed14000-0xfed1dfff has been reserved
system 00:0f: iomem range 0xfed20000-0xfed9ffff has been reserved
system 00:0f: iomem range 0xfee00000-0xfee00fff could not be reserved
system 00:0f: iomem range 0xffb00000-0xffb7ffff has been reserved
system 00:0f: iomem range 0xfff00000-0xffffffff has been reserved
system 00:0f: iomem range 0xe0000-0xeffff has been reserved
PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:01.0
IO window: d000-dfff
MEM window: fa000000-fcffffff
PREFETCH window: d0000000-dfffffff
PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:1c.0
IO window: b000-bfff
MEM window: fdb00000-fdbfffff
PREFETCH window: fdc00000-fdcfffff
PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:1e.0
IO window: c000-cfff
MEM window: fde00000-fdefffff
PREFETCH window: fdd00000-fddfffff
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:01.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:01.0 to 64
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1c.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1c.0 to 64
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1e.0 to 64
NET: Registered protocol family 2
IP route cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
TCP established hash table entries: 262144 (order: 10, 4194304 bytes)
TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 262144 bind 65536)
TCP reno registered
checking if image is initramfs... it is
Freeing initrd memory: 690k freed
VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
Dquot-cache hash table entries: 512 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 [email protected]).
Block layer SCSI generic (bsg) driver version 0.4 loaded (major 254)
io scheduler noop registered
io scheduler anticipatory registered
io scheduler deadline registered
io scheduler cfq registered (default)
Boot video device is 0000:01:00.0
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:01.0 to 64
assign_interrupt_mode Found MSI capability
Allocate Port Service[0000:00:01.0:pcie00]
Allocate Port Service[0000:00:01.0:pcie03]
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1c.0 to 64
assign_interrupt_mode Found MSI capability
Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.0:pcie00]
Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.0:pcie02]
Allocate Port Service[0000:00:1c.0:pcie03]
vesafb: framebuffer at 0xd0000000, mapped to 0xffffc20010100000, using 3072k, total 262144k
vesafb: mode is 1024x768x16, linelength=2048, pages=1
vesafb: scrolling: redraw
vesafb: Truecolor: size=0:5:6:5, shift=0:11:5:0
Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48
fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device
Linux agpgart interface v0.102
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00:09: ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
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serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
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cpuidle: using governor menu
TCP cubic registered
NET: Registered protocol family 1
NET: Registered protocol family 17
RPC: Registered udp transport module.
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Freeing unused kernel memory: 248k freed
libata version 3.00 loaded.
PCI: Enabling device 0000:02:00.1 (0000 -> 0001)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:00.1[b] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
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PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:02:00.1 to 64
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scsi1 : pata_jmicron
ata1: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0xbf00 ctl 0xbe00 bmdma 0xbb00 irq 17
ata2: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0xbd00 ctl 0xbc00 bmdma 0xbb08 irq 17
ata1.00: ATA-7: ST3200826A, 3.06, max UDMA/100
ata1.00: 390721968 sectors, multi 0: LBA48
ata1.01: ATAPI: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4120B, A101, max UDMA/33
ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100
ata1.01: configured for UDMA/33
scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA ST3200826A 3.06 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
scsi 0:0:1:0: CD-ROM HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4120B A101 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
ahci 0000:02:00.0: version 3.0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
ahci 0000:02:00.0: AHCI 0001.0000 32 slots 2 ports 3 Gbps 0x3 impl SATA mode
ahci 0000:02:00.0: flags: 64bit ncq pm led clo pmp pio slum part
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:02:00.0 to 64
scsi2 : ahci
scsi3 : ahci
ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m8192@0xfdbfe000 port 0xfdbfe100 irq 16
ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m8192@0xfdbfe000 port 0xfdbfe180 irq 16
ata3: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
ata4: classification failed
ata4: reset failed (errno=-22), retrying in 8 secs
ata4: classification failed
ata4: reset failed (errno=-22), retrying in 10 secs
ata4: classification failed
ata4: reset failed (errno=-22), retrying in 35 secs
ata4: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps
ata4: classfication failed, assuming ATA
ata4: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 310)
ata4.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xec)
ata4.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x4)
ata4: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5 secs
ata4: classification failed
ata4: reset failed (errno=-22), retrying in 10 secs
ata4: classification failed
ata4: reset failed (errno=-22), retrying in 10 secs
ata4: classification failed
ata4: reset failed (errno=-22), retrying in 35 secs
ata4: classfication failed, assuming ATA
ata4: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 310)
ata4.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xec)
ata4.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x4)
ata4: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5 secs
ata4: classification failed
ata4: reset failed (errno=-22), retrying in 10 secs
ata4: classification failed
ata4: reset failed (errno=-22), retrying in 10 secs
ata4: classification failed
ata4: reset failed (errno=-22), retrying in 35 secs
ata4: classfication failed, assuming ATA
ata4: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 310)
ata4.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xec)
ata4.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x4)
ata4: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5 secs
ata4: classification failed
ata4: reset failed (errno=-22), retrying in 10 secs
ata4: classification failed
ata4: reset failed (errno=-22), retrying in 10 secs
ata4: classification failed
ata4: reset failed (errno=-22), retrying in 35 secs
ata4: classfication failed, assuming ATA
ata4: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 310)
ata_piix 0000:00:1f.2: version 2.12
ata_piix 0000:00:1f.2: MAP [ P0 P2 P1 P3 ]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.2[b] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.2 to 64
scsi4 : ata_piix
scsi5 : ata_piix
ata5: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xfa00 ctl 0xf900 bmdma 0xf600 irq 19
ata6: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xf800 ctl 0xf700 bmdma 0xf608 irq 19
ata_piix 0000:00:1f.5: MAP [ P0 -- P1 -- ]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.5[b] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.5 to 64
scsi6 : ata_piix
scsi7 : ata_piix
ata7: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xf300 ctl 0xf200 bmdma 0xef00 irq 19
ata8: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xf100 ctl 0xf000 bmdma 0xef08 irq 19
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
usbcore: registered new device driver usb
USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v3.0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1a.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1a.0 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: irq 16, io base 0x0000ff00
usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1a.1[b] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1a.1 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.1: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.1: irq 21, io base 0x0000fe00
usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.0[A] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 23
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.0 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: irq 23, io base 0x0000fd00
usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.1[b] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.1 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: irq 19, io base 0x0000fc00
usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.2[C] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.2 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: irq 18, io base 0x0000fb00
usb usb5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 5-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1a.7[C] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1a.7 to 64
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: EHCI Host Controller
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 6
PCI: cache line size of 32 is not supported by device 0000:00:1a.7
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: irq 18, io mem 0xfdfff000
usb 4-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1a.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
usb usb6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 6-0:1.0: 4 ports detected
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.7[A] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 23
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.7 to 64
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: EHCI Host Controller
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 7
PCI: cache line size of 32 is not supported by device 0000:00:1d.7
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: irq 23, io mem 0xfdffe000
usb 4-1: string descriptor 0 read error: -71
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
usb usb7: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 7-0:1.0: 6 ports detected
usb 4-1: string descriptor 0 read error: -71
usb 4-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 4-1: can't set config #1, error -71
usb 4-1: USB disconnect, address 2
Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 390721968 512-byte hardware sectors (200050 MB)
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
Driver 'sr' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 390721968 512-byte hardware sectors (200050 MB)
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
sda: sda1 sda2 sda3
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 40x/40x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
sr 0:0:1:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
usb 4-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
usb 4-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
rtc_cmos 00:04: rtc core: registered rtc_cmos as rtc0
rtc0: alarms up to one month
r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.2LK loaded
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:06.0[A] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
eth0: RTL8169sc/8110sc at 0xffffc20000024000, 00:16:17:b2:2b:11, XID 18000000 IRQ 21
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1b.0[A] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1b.0 to 64
hda_codec: Unknown model for ALC883, trying auto-probe from BIOS...
input: Power Button (FF) as /devices/virtual/input/input2
ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
input: Power Button (CM) as /devices/virtual/input/input3
ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB]
ACPI: Fan [FAN] (on)
ACPI: SSDT 7FEE8380, 0087 (r1 PmRef Cpu1Ist 3000 INTL 20060912)
ACPI Exception (processor_core-0816): AE_NOT_FOUND, Processor Device is not present [20070126]
ACPI Exception (processor_core-0816): AE_NOT_FOUND, Processor Device is not present [20070126]
ACPI: Thermal Zone [THRM] (43 C)
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
sr 0:0:1:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.3[b] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
input: Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb4/4-1/4-1:1.0/input/input4
lp: driver loaded but no devices found
input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-1
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver
ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:01:00.0 to 64
NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 169.12 Thu Feb 14 17:51:09 PST 2008
parport_pc 00:0a: reported by Plug and Play ACPI
parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7 [PCSPP,TRISTATE]
lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
EXT3 FS on sda1, internal journal
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on sda2, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Adding 29294516k swap on /dev/sda3. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:29294516k
r8169: eth0: link up
NET: Registered protocol family 10
lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
That's the entire code, the part on which it holds on is :
ata4: classification failed
ata4: reset failed (errno=-22), retrying in 8 secs
ata4: classification failed
ata4: reset failed (errno=-22), retrying in 10 secs
ata4: classification failed
ata4: reset failed (errno=-22), retrying in 35 secs
ata4: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps
ata4: classfication failed, assuming ATA
ata4: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 310)
ata4.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xec)
ata4.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x4)
ata4: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5 secs
ata4: classification failed
ata4: reset failed (errno=-22), retrying in 10 secs
ata4: classification failed
ata4: reset failed (errno=-22), retrying in 10 secs
ata4: classification failed
ata4: reset failed (errno=-22), retrying in 35 secs
ata4: classfication failed, assuming ATA
ata4: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 310)
ata4.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xec)
ata4.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x4)
ata4: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5 secs
ata4: classification failed
ata4: reset failed (errno=-22), retrying in 10 secs
ata4: classification failed
ata4: reset failed (errno=-22), retrying in 10 secs
ata4: classification failed
ata4: reset failed (errno=-22), retrying in 35 secs
ata4: classfication failed, assuming ATA
ata4: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 310)
ata4.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xec)
ata4.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x4)
ata4: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5 secs
ata4: classification failed
ata4: reset failed (errno=-22), retrying in 10 secs
ata4: classification failed
ata4: reset failed (errno=-22), retrying in 10 secs
ata4: classification failed
ata4: reset failed (errno=-22), retrying in 35 secs
ata4: classfication failed, assuming ATA
ata4: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 310)
ata_piix 0000:00:1f.2: version 2.12
ata_piix 0000:00:1f.2: MAP [ P0 P2 P1 P3 ]
Also I might add that on my first boot it didn't go this slow - I can't remember if I got the error or not though since I didn't pay attention.
I don't think it's necessarily a hardware issue, even though this PC had it's issues with linux - had to flash my bios just so grub would detect hard drives, this doesn't seem like one of those.
At least, I think it isn't since Mandriva booted just fine, and I don't think it's using a different kernel or some such, is it? Altough it was 32bit, but still, I find this quite odd.
Now if this really is an error, not just buggy software, is there a way to ignore the error - I mean it boots up eventually anyway, just takes a hell of a lot of time.
Last edited by gajo (2008-06-20 10:12:52)

I'm going to bring up this issue again, still haven't fixed it and it remains unsolved with the newest kernel.
The following links seem to have the same issue:
http://www.ubuntu-forum.net/showthread.php?t=765486
http://www.slackwarehelp.org/post-6750. … 194ecb9f80
http://www.archlinux.it/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=11632
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions … 26-644368/
Some of those threads link to this one as well, pretty much all seem to be unresolved or lack any given solution.
One thing I noticed though, it seems that in nearly all cases the users report to have an MSI motherboard, coincidence? Hope so.
Any clues on how one might fix this? Facts are, the kernel boots eventually, always, and it works like there is no problem; the issue is that it takes it's time, about 5-10 times the amount it would be normally (or before 2.6.x). Note that in the old kernel the delay was only about 5 seconds or less, with just one error message.
Also, it seems to boot just fine in Windows, bit sad that Windows seems more stable/reliable eh?
So where to next? I really want to fix this. It seems Google can't spit out the solution, should I report a bug to the kernel devs and pray that they look it up? Or perhaps it might be feasible to just change the source code of the kernel so it doesn't try 4 times for 10, 10, 30 seconds yet only once for 1 second? Surely it would be a matter of a simple for loop, just a matter of finding it!
Please, even if you ain't got a solution to the particular issue, at least give me(and the people who google for the problem since this thread seems to be topping the results) an advice on what approach to take next, I'm fairly sure that everything can be fixed with common sense and a bit of C knowledge, only thing that's needed is a bit of experience.

Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro Mic/Codec problem

Okay, I'm running a ZS Plat Pro and I'm having some problems with my mic settings for some reason. Here's the deal:
My headphones are plugged into my external hub with the mic into the Line In slot. I have sound, theres power, that's all good. The problem lies with my microphone settings somewhere, I dunno where, with a possible codec problem I'm guessing. Here's why.
I can't get ANYTHINGto pick up in my mic. All the settings are correct in Control Panal and in my Creative Volume Control. Line In is selected for Recording, the volume is up, it's not muted, my headset is not muted, and the gain is turned on on my external hub, yet still nothing. Here is where hopefully someone can help. I can get it to work in Ventrilo when I go into setup. In setup to test with, I have to select a Codec from a list to use to test with. Meaning, there is NO current selected codec to test with. Once I select one, it works.
What I'm guessing is somehow, my computer doesn't have a current codec selected for my mic to work with. IE: MSN, Yahoo, Windows Sound Recorder, control panal/sound and audio/test hardware... they all come up detecting no sound at all, when in FACT, I know it works in Ventrilo when I select a codec.
I've uninstalled and reinstalled the card with up to date drivers. Can anyone help at all please? Thank you.

Hi Joko,
Please check your private message.

Speech recognition problem with null pointer exception

im trying to run the simple hello program that came with IBM speech for java
i've put the speech.jar file in the right folder and it compiles all fine but when i run it i get this error:
locale is en_US
java.lang.NullPointerException
at Hello.main(Hello.java:171)
but i dont know enough about java speech to figure out what is null and what shouldn't be null...
thx
nate
P.S.
here is the program code
import java.io.*;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.ResourceBundle;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;
import javax.speech.*;
import javax.speech.recognition.*;
import javax.speech.synthesis.*;
public class Hello {
static RuleGrammar ruleGrammar;
static DictationGrammar dictationGrammar;
static Recognizer recognizer;
static Synthesizer synthesizer;
static ResourceBundle resources;
static ResultListener ruleListener = new ResultAdapter() {
public void resultAccepted(ResultEvent e) {
try {
FinalRuleResult result = (FinalRuleResult) e.getSource();
String tags[] = result.getTags();
if (tags[0].equals("name")) {
String s = resources.getString("hello");
for (int i=1; i<tags.length; i++)
s += " " + tags;
speak(s);
} else if (tags[0].equals("begin")) {
speak(resources.getString("listening"));
ruleGrammar.setEnabled(false);
ruleGrammar.setEnabled("<stop>", true);
dictationGrammar.setEnabled(true);
recognizer.commitChanges();
} else if (tags[0].equals("stop")) {
dictationGrammar.setEnabled(false);
ruleGrammar.setEnabled(true);
recognizer.commitChanges();
} else if (tags[0].equals("bye")) {
speak(resources.getString("bye"));
if (synthesizer!=null)
synthesizer.waitEngineState(Synthesizer.QUEUE_EMPTY);
Thread.sleep(1000);
System.exit(0);
} catch (Exception ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
int i = 0;
String eh[] = null;
public void resultRejected(ResultEvent e) {
if (eh==null) {
String s = resources.getString("eh");
StringTokenizer t = new StringTokenizer(s);
int n = t.countTokens();
eh = new String[n];
for (int i=0; i<n; i++)
eh = t.nextToken();
if (((Result)(e.getSource())).numTokens() > 2)
speak(eh[(i++)%eh.length]);
static ResultListener dictationListener = new ResultAdapter() {
int n = 0; // number of tokens seen so far
public void resultUpdated(ResultEvent e) {
Result result = (Result) e.getSource();
for (int i=n; i<result.numTokens(); i++)
System.out.println(result.getBestToken(i).getSpokenText());
n = result.numTokens();
public void resultAccepted(ResultEvent e) {
Result result = (Result) e.getSource();
String s = "";
for (int i=0; i<n; i++)
s += result.getBestToken(i).getSpokenText() + " ";
speak(s);
n = 0;
static RecognizerAudioListener audioListener =new RecognizerAudioAdapter(){
public void audioLevel(RecognizerAudioEvent e) {
System.out.println("volume " + e.getAudioLevel());
static EngineListener engineListener = new EngineAdapter() {
public void engineError(EngineErrorEvent e) {
System.out.println
("Engine error: " + e.getEngineError().getMessage());
static void speak(String s) {
if (synthesizer!=null) {
try {
synthesizer.speak(s, null);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} else
System.out.println(s);
public static void main(String args[]) {
try {
if (args.length>0) Locale.setDefault(new Locale(args[0], ""));
if (args.length>1) Locale.setDefault(new Locale(args[0], args[1]));
System.out.println("locale is " + Locale.getDefault());
resources = ResourceBundle.getBundle("res");
recognizer = Central.createRecognizer(null);
recognizer.allocate();
recognizer.getAudioManager().addAudioListener(audioListener);
recognizer.addEngineListener(engineListener);
dictationGrammar = recognizer.getDictationGrammar(null);
dictationGrammar.addResultListener(dictationListener);
String grammarName = resources.getString("grammar");
Reader reader = new FileReader(grammarName);
ruleGrammar = recognizer.loadJSGF(reader);
ruleGrammar.addResultListener(ruleListener);
ruleGrammar.setEnabled(true);
recognizer.commitChanges();
recognizer.requestFocus();
recognizer.resume();
synthesizer = Central.createSynthesizer(null);
if (synthesizer!=null) {
synthesizer.allocate();
synthesizer.addEngineListener(engineListener);
speak(resources.getString("greeting"));
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
System.exit(-1);

yes, the problem seems to be with allocating the engine, but I don't know exactly why recognizer.allocate() returns null...I have already installed IBM ViaVoice and Speech for Java, and have set the supposedly correct paths...

Face Recognition Problem in PSE 12

I am having a problem with face recognition with PSE 12/Windows 8.1. It is a new install, at first all went well. I could enter names and they were immediately accepted. As faces repeated recognition was working and I could click the green arrow and it would accept or even click the red x and make another selection as it should be. Then I started having problems when it would come up with the correct face I would click the green arrow and instead of accepting the box would go to "Who is This" and it would take numerous attempts to get the program to accept the name. Next I started having problems just entering names, again instead of accepting it would loop me through the "Who is This" numerous times. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance

Hi,
We sincerely apologize for the problem that you have been facing while using a trackpad with Photoshop Elements 11 & 12 on Mac OSX 10.10 (Yosemite).
We have been actively working with Apple to resolve this problem as quickly as possible. We're hopeful this will get completely resolved in an upcoming update of Yosemite(MAC 10.10).
In the meanwhile, you have two options to work around this problem:
1. Option1: Use a mouse instead of the trackpad
2. Option2: Install a plug-in which should workaround the problem
Plug-in installation instructions:
1. Close Photoshop Elements
2. Download this zip file to a location you can easily find (e.g. your desktop)
3. Unzip the file, WhiteWindowWorkaround.plugin, and move it to the Plug-In folder:
• For Elements 12 – //Applications/Adobe Photoshop Elements 12/Support Files/Plug-Ins/
• For Elements 11 - //Applications/Adobe Photoshop Elements 11/Support Files/Plug-Ins/
You can verify the plug-in is installed by launching the Photoshop Elements Editor and choosing Help > System Info... Scroll to the bottom of the text in the dialog and look for the plug-in name "WhiteWindowWorkaround.plugin".
Note: This plugin is a temporary workaround and should be used until this issue is addressed in Mac OSX 10.10 (Yosemite). Please remove this plugin once the issue is officially resolved by Apple.
If you are using a stylus in conjunction with a trackpad, you might see issues with your trackpad. Workaround in this particular case is to use mouse instead of the trackpad.
Hope this helps!
Regards,
vaishali

IPhoto 8.1.1 Fixes Facial Recognition Problems

That's what I have observed from my testing on a library of over 15,000 pictures.
It is important to "Detect Missing Faces" as explained in the appended support article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3941
Your computer will work long and hard at this task ... best to leave it alone while you are having Thanksgiving dinner! When done, quit iPhoto and expect it to save a very large file describing all the faces it recognized. In particular, the 'faces' files in the library will be much larger, presumably because they now contain much more information.
The recommended procedure to identify a few faces manually and then let iPhoto find the rest automatically is unchanged, but what a difference in performance! Expect iPhoto to immediately select many pictures that "look like" the faces you found manually. Also, expect to have to confirm or reject many of the selections ... it seems that iPhoto thinks "everyone looks like everyone else" at first, but it gets better as you improve its training. Also, expect the facial recognition process to occur while you are training by accepting or rejecting selections ... don't be surprised if certain selections are suddenly 'withdrawn' from consideration as you accept or reject others.
You should also expect to see the "Is This ...?" pop-up much more frequently. I observed that as soon as I named one picture of a person in multiple photographs they were immediately identified in successive photographs, especially if the photographs were taken at the same event. Of course, the real test will be if iPhoto's facial recognition can recognize a person as they change over time, especially when they are children.
There are still a few problems. If you have a large number of photographs of the same person, iPhoto will select them all ... and more. There needs to be an easier way to confirm or reject the selections rather than laboriously clicking on each. Expect family members to be erroneously suggested as matches, especially children with their parents and grandparents ... what else would you expect? Glasses are still a problem, especially sun glasses, but it is surprising how well iPhoto can "see through" such an obvious problem. Finally, a full face, even in profile is necessary for reliable identification ... putting a hand over the mouth or wearing a hat over the eyes defeats the identification process.
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Thank you, Henk ... that's also how it works for me. It seems that the 8.1.1 update shifted more of the work load to the initial search for faces, i.e., "Detect Missing Faces". However, it still takes a little time to match each face, particularly if there are many faces. The big difference is that a little time is a lot better than an seemingly-infinite amount of time, which was how it used to work ... at least it seemed that way.
The library on which I have done most of my testing is mostly "people pictures" ... school classes, family gatherings, birthday parties and sporting events. One of the sporting events is a professional baseball game photographed from behind the first base dugout at the level of the playing field. Pictures of the batters at home plate show hundreds of eager fans behind the third base dugout intently watching from the other side of the field. As the pictures were taken with a telephoto lens, all those faces are not only in the field of view, but also clearly in focus ... iPhoto finds them all! Not that I know them, much less are interested in naming them, but those hundreds of faces take time to be found and there are many pictures like that.
Thanks also for the tip to use the Alt/Option key. I can use that for exactly this situation ... ignoring the faces of people I am not interested in recognizing, much less naming.
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Macbook Pro Bluetooth Recognition Problem On Wake

I have a new Macbook Pro (about 2 weeks old). At home I use an Apple Bluetooth wireless keyboard and a Logitech Bluetooth mouse (both of which are >directly< next to the computer). Every day I take my MBP to work with me where I do not have exteral keyboard or mouse. Everyday when I get home again I open up the MacBook Pro (I only put it to sleep, I don't shut down my machine) and it fails to recognize either the keyboard or the mouse. I never had this problem with my Powerbook. And everything worked perfectly on my MacBook Pro for the first week. I have not changed how I'm doing anything on the MBP, but after a week or so, it stopped reconizing the Bluetooth devices when I open it to wake it. I have to reboot the machines, sometimes twice, to get it to recognize the devices again. If I try to re-pair the mouse, it will see the mouse, but the pairing will then fail.
No, it's not low batteries, I have replaced the batteries in both the keyboard and mouse with brand new batteries >twice< in the past three days. This >never< happened before. Now it happens every time. Any suggestions?

I had a similar difficulty although I could gain recognition by turning bluetooth off and on. In the end, I unchecked 'discoverable'. Everything now works as it did in the past with my powerbook. Good luck.

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