# Behringer U-Phoria UM2 USB sound card detected as keyboard on ROcky 9 fresh install

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**Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\
**Tags:** rocky-linux-9\
**Created:** [October 31, 2023, 12:45pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/behringer-u-phoria-um2-usb-sound-card-detected-as-keyboard-on-rocky-9-fresh-install/11726 "2023-10-31T12:45:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![iulian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c37758/32.png) [@iulian](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/iulian)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2023, 12:45pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/behringer-u-phoria-um2-usb-sound-card-detected-as-keyboard-on-rocky-9-fresh-install/11726/1 "2023-10-31T12:45:39Z")

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Hi,  
fresh Rocky user here (previously Fedora and Centos), have an issue which i couldn’t find a solution for. I have a Behringer U-Phoria UM2 USB sound card which uses a common chip “Texas Instruments PCM2902”. The problem i have is that the system detects it not as an audio device but as a keyboard input and as a result i have no sound on my fresh Rocky Desktop machine. Below is an excerpt from /var/log/messages. I tried finding similar issues and few had issues with trackpad identified as keyboard or not being detected at all but i am puzzled on this one and i don’t know where to look for help.

```auto
Oct 31 22:52:34 localhost kernel: usb 1-2.3: new full-speed USB device number 7 using xhci_hcd
Oct 31 22:52:34 localhost kernel: usb 1-2.3: New USB device found, idVendor=08bb, idProduct=2902, bcdDevice= 1.00
Oct 31 22:52:34 localhost kernel: usb 1-2.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
Oct 31 22:52:34 localhost kernel: usb 1-2.3: Product: USB Audio CODEC 
Oct 31 22:52:34 localhost kernel: usb 1-2.3: Manufacturer: Burr-Brown from TI              
Oct 31 22:52:34 localhost kernel: input: Burr-Brown from TI USB Audio CODEC as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.2/0000:02:00.0/usb1/1-2/1-2.3/1-2.3:1.3/0003:08BB:2902.000A/input/input13
Oct 31 22:52:34 localhost kernel: hid-generic 0003:08BB:2902.000A: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.00 Device [Burr-Brown from TI USB Audio CODEC] on usb-0000:02:00.0-2.3/input3
Oct 31 22:52:34 localhost mtp-probe[3885]: checking bus 1, device 7: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.2/0000:02:00.0/usb1/1-2/1-2.3"
Oct 31 22:52:34 localhost mtp-probe[3885]: bus: 1, device: 7 was not an MTP device
Oct 31 22:52:34 localhost /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2660]: (II) config/udev: Adding input device Burr-Brown from TI USB Audio CODEC (/dev/input/event2)
Oct 31 22:52:34 localhost /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2660]: (**) Burr-Brown from TI USB Audio CODEC : Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
Oct 31 22:52:34 localhost /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2660]: (**) Burr-Brown from TI USB Audio CODEC : Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
Oct 31 22:52:34 localhost /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2660]: (**) Burr-Brown from TI USB Audio CODEC : Applying InputClass "system-keyboard"
Oct 31 22:52:34 localhost /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2660]: (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Burr-Brown from TI USB Audio CODEC '
Oct 31 22:52:34 localhost /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2660]: (II) systemd-logind: got fd for /dev/input/event2 13:66 fd 55 paused 0
Oct 31 22:52:34 localhost /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2660]: (**) Burr-Brown from TI USB Audio CODEC : always reports core events
Oct 31 22:52:34 localhost /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2660]: (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event2"
Oct 31 22:52:34 localhost /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2660]: (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
Oct 31 22:52:34 localhost /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2660]: (II) event2 - Burr-Brown from TI USB Audio CODEC : is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
Oct 31 22:52:34 localhost /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2660]: (II) event2 - Burr-Brown from TI USB Audio CODEC : device is a keyboard
Oct 31 22:52:34 localhost /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2660]: (II) event2 - Burr-Brown from TI USB Audio CODEC : device removed
Oct 31 22:52:34 localhost /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2660]: (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.2/0000:02:00.0/usb1/1-2/1-2.3/1-2.3:1.3/0003:08BB:2902.000A/input/input13/event2"
Oct 31 22:52:34 localhost /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2660]: (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Burr-Brown from TI USB Audio CODEC " (type: KEYBOARD, id 13)
Oct 31 22:52:34 localhost /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2660]: (**) Option "xkb_layout" "au"
Oct 31 22:52:34 localhost mtp-probe[3892]: checking bus 1, device 7: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.2/0000:02:00.0/usb1/1-2/1-2.3"
Oct 31 22:52:34 localhost mtp-probe[3892]: bus: 1, device: 7 was not an MTP device
Oct 31 22:52:34 localhost /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2660]: (II) event2 - Burr-Brown from TI USB Audio CODEC : is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
Oct 31 22:52:34 localhost /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2660]: (II) event2 - Burr-Brown from TI USB Audio CODEC : device is a keyboard

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thanks for any help you can provide.

Regards,  
JD

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**Post date:** [December 30, 2023, 12:46pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/behringer-u-phoria-um2-usb-sound-card-detected-as-keyboard-on-rocky-9-fresh-install/11726/2 "2023-12-30T12:46:10Z")

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