> > > > > > On Sat, 2012-10-20 at 09:44 +0000, John Frankish wrote: > > > > > > I've been trying to get a Logitech usb headset to work on two > > > > > > different machines both running the same software: > > > > > > > > > > > > pulseaudio-2.0, kernel-3.0.21, alsa-1.0.25 > > > > > > > > > > > > Bus 002 Device 006: ID 046d:0a0b Logitech, Inc. ClearChat Pro > > > > > > USB > > > > > > > > > > > > dell latitude e6220: > > > > > > When the usb headset is plugged in, it appears for a few > > > > > > seconds in pavucontrol then disappears for a few seconds and > > > > > > then reappears again. This continues for as long as the > > > > > > headset is plugged in - see attached log. Note that it is not > > > > > > possible to disable the internal sound from pavucontrol, it is > > > > > > re-enabled as soon as the usb headset appears again. > > > > > > > > > > The log shows that udev reports the device getting repeatedly > > > > > removed and added, so that problem is at a lower level than pulseaudio. > > > > > > > > > > It's certainly possible to disable the internal sound card in > > > > > pavucontrol. Go to the Configuration tab and select the "Off" > > > > > profile for the internal card. > > > > > > > > I tried disabling the internal card, but the next time the usb > > > > headset reappears, the internal card is re-enabled. > > > > > > Do you mean that you set the internal card profile to "Off", but > > > after the headset reappears, the internal card profile changes to > > > something else than "Off"? That's strange... Log of you doing that might be interesting. > > > > Affirmative, when the headset reappears then internal card is reset to > > stereo output/mono input. > > The log was attached to the first post. > > Ok, so you changed the internal card profile to "Off" in pavucontrols > "Configuration" tab when you took that log? I can't see that happening in the > log. Log attached - however, when I disable the internal card, the pulseaudio daemon quits and the log stops. When I start the deamon and log again, the internal card is re-enabled (which I guess might be expected). -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: pulseaudio_e6220_usb-headsetlog.tar.bz2 Type: application/octet-stream Size: 24524 bytes Desc: pulseaudio_e6220_usb-headsetlog.tar.bz2 URL: <http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/pulseaudio-discuss/attachments/20121027/21200809/attachment-0001.obj>