No easy way to switch default sound output to USB headphones
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ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10
I have Logitec USB headphones:
[ 6.254669] input: Logitech Logitech USB Headset as /devices/
[ 6.268254] input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.00 Device [Logitech Logitech USB Headset] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1
When I plug them into the laptop or boot with headphones plugged in, the default sound sink in pulseaudio is my built in speakers. There is no sane and easy way to switch the sound output to headphones.
Currently, I am doing this:
pacmd
unload-module volume-restore
set-default-sink 1
and then restart the application I want to use the headphones.
This works differently than if I had plugged analogue headphones.
What should happen instead is something of this:
1) Sound switches to headphones by default
2) A pop-up asks me which sound-output I want.
I have the same issue. When I attach my USB headset (Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000) the audio settings do not automatically switch to use it, nor am I prompted. Currently I have to go into Sound Preferences, and select both the Input and Output tabs to switch audio for each manually. Once I have done so the buttons on the headset do successfully start to operate the volume on the system, and audio is routed through the headset correctly.
I suppose I could figure out some udev rule to do this but that would be tedious and not something the average human user would think of.
With all the advances in audio support in Ubuntu lately this is a really surprising niggle that still exists.