[Cbe-oss-dev] Help needed with usb headset

[Geoff Levand]

On 08/30/2009 11:31 AM, Norberto Feliberty wrote:
> Hello group, I am trying to use a usb headset on my playstation 3 to set
> up voip software such as ekiga and twinkle to make and recieve calls.
> The trouble I am running into is that whenever I try and make use of the
> usb headset, it locks up my ps3 forcing me to do a hard reboot by
> holding down the button on the front of hte ps3. I am trying to use a
> gigaware usb headset on my ps3. It works on the gameos. I am currently
> running ubuntu 9.04 on my ps3.  Anyone else run into this problem when
> trying ot use a usb headset on their ps3 in linux? Thanks.

There is an existing bug in the PS3 EHCI driver that effects USB audio
recording devices.

More info is here:

  http://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/cbe-oss-dev/2009-February/006332.html

It is on my to-do list to fix this bug, but I can't say
when I will get to it.

-Geoff