Hi Jeffrey, On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 5:28 AM, Jeffrey Barish <jeff_barish at earthlink.net> wrote: > Actually, the udev rule that I described will not run, so it seems that I > don't have a possible solution. ?Any suggestions welcome. > Maybe module-switch-on-connect can help you http://pulseaudio.org/wiki/Modules#module-switch-on-connect In combination with module-default-device-restore, you should always have the default sink point to the latest connected device. Regards, Fr?d?ric