[Solved] USB mics don't work

I've problems with the mic from a webcam and Zoom H2 as an usb mic
- neither will be recognized. It used to work some month ago...
Webcam messages
[24389.259085] input: UVC Camera (046d:0802) as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.2/usb2/2-5/2-5:1.0/input/input19
[24389.259205] cannot find the slot for index 1 (range 0-1), error: -16
[24389.259208] cannot create card instance 0
[24389.259213] snd-usb-audio: probe of 2-5:1.2 failed with error -5
[24401.470941] usb 2-5: USB disconnect, device number 5
Zoom H2 messages
[24763.764214] usb 6-2: new full-speed USB device number 2 using ohci_hcd
[24763.928663] cannot find the slot for index 1 (range 0-1), error: -16
[24763.928666] cannot create card instance 0
[24763.928671] snd-usb-audio: probe of 6-2:1.0 failed with error -5
[24838.782527] usb 6-2: USB disconnect, device number 2
Edit:
A new graphic card (with HDMI) invalidated an entry in /etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf
options snd-usb-audio index=1
sorry for the noise
Last edited by rtfreedman (2012-04-20 22:17:20)

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