I have the same problem on Ubuntu 16.04 My ChromeOS device running itss own flavor of Linux has not problem using the device.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to alsa-lib in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1580444 Title: Can't plug in USB audio device "TEAC AI-101 Audio" Status in alsa-lib package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I can't use this device; it shows up in dmesg, but it seems that systemd hangs when trying to use udev to configure it. The important message (I think) is: usb 3-1: 13:0: cannot get min/max values for control 2 (id 13) AND, here is from syslog: May 10 23:46:59 dude systemd-udevd[302]: worker [5911] terminated by signal 9 (Killed) May 10 23:46:59 dude systemd-udevd[302]: worker [5911] failed while handling '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-1/3-1:1.0/sound/card3/controlC3' May 10 23:47:19 dude kernel: [114738.341243] usb 3-1: 13:0: cannot get min/max values for control 2 (id 13) ... I tried to use alsactl to force an init of this card; the very long log is attached. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: libasound2 1.1.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-22.39-generic 4.4.8 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-22-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed May 11 00:11:40 2016 Dependencies: gcc-6-base 6.0.1-0ubuntu1 libasound2-data 1.1.0-0ubuntu1 libc6 2.23-0ubuntu3 libgcc1 1:6.0.1-0ubuntu1 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-05-28 (348 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: alsa-lib UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-05-09 (1 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-lib/+bug/1580444/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp