Sean Collins wrote: > plugging in the kx8 cuases a complete deadlock. > > something is very wrong. the device announces itself on windows as > a USB midi HID. It does have addtional functionality however outside of > the midi spec but this shouldn't cuase a deadlock. It should not, but my bet is it does currently because this device has both an MIDI streaming interface *and* an HID one for those extra DAW control knobs and buttons on the device. Which means probably that both usb_hid and usb_midi kernel drivers are accessing the device concurrently. It should be possible, but maybe we don't support it well right now. Please file a bug ticket for this issue, as it could be a deeper issue than just USB MIDI support. Read the builtin Welcome documentation "Tips for a helpful bug report" page on how to collect as much as information on the crash and attach it to a new bug report ticket. Bye, Philippe.