You can also change the default sound device for the current shell environment by changing the environment variable ALSA_CARD to the index of your desired card. e.g., if your headset is index 1 you can do: export ALSA_CARD=1 Take care, Rynhardt * Jason White <jason at jasonjgw.net> [110927 09:32]: > John G. Heim <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> wrote: > > Anybody know how to get linux to > >automatically use a USB headset for sound when you plug it in? > > The only means of changing the default sound device in Alsa that I am aware of > is with a .asoundrc file (or the equivalent in /etc). > > So if you're prepared to create or modify configuration files in a script then > you could probably write a shell script to do it. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
