[ale] Can't use USB sound device

[cfowler at outpostsentinel.com (Chris Fowler)]

I'm trying to run fldigi on 9.04 and am getting this error when using an
external USB Sound device

Expression 'snd_pcm_hw_params_set_format( pcm, hwParams,
Pa2AlsaFormat( hostFormat ) )' failed in
'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 1076
Expression 'snd_pcm_drop( stream->playback.pcm )' failed in
'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 2190
Expression 'AlsaStop( stream, 0 )' failed in
'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 2382
Expression 'AlsaRestart( self )' failed in
'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 2428
Expression 'PaAlsaStream_HandleXrun( self )' failed in
'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 2992
Expression 'PaAlsaStream_WaitForFrames( stream, &framesAvail, &xrun )'
failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 3311
Expression 'snd_pcm_drop( stream->playback.pcm )' failed in
'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 2190
E: ModulateXmtr: Sound error: Connection timed out
E: ModulateXmtr: Sound error: Connection timed out
E: ModulateXmtr: Sound error: Connection timed out
E: ModulateXmtr: Sound error: Connection timed out
E: ModulateXmtr: Sound error: Connection timed out
E: ModulateXmtr: Sound error: Connection timed out
E: ModulateXmtr: Sound error: Connection timed out
E: ModulateXmtr: Sound error: Connection timed out
E: ModulateXmtr: Sound error: Connection timed out
E: ModulateXmtr: Sound error: Connection timed out
E: ModulateXmtr: Sound error: Connection timed out
E: ModulateXmtr: Sound error: Connection timed out
E: ModulateXmtr: Sound error: Connection timed out
E: ModulateXmtr: Sound error: Connection timed out
E: ModulateXmtr: Sound error: Connection timed out
E: ModulateXmtr: Sound error: Connection timed out
E: ModulateXmtr: Sound error: Connection timed out
E: ModulateXmtr: Sound error: Connection timed out
E: ModulateXmtr: Sound error: Connection timed out
^C

Any ideas?