----- Original Message ----- > From: Camaleón <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: > Sent: Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:56 PM > Subject: Re: USB speaker as "internal audio"? > > On Thu, 01 Mar 2012 06:32:44 -0800, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: > >> Hi, Im running Debian testing with XFCE, and PulseAudio as my sound >> system. >> >> I currently have a pair of cheap speakers plugged into the "sound > out" >> on my computer, and then two different USB speakers for higher-quality >> stuff. >> >> I want to get a pair of small USB speakers as my "main" desktop >> speakers. Is there a way to tell the system to use these speakers as my >> "internal audio" device? I want to be able to hear system sounds > etc. >> thru these speakers. Right now if I unplug the normal "sound out" >> speakers, i get no system sounds at all, nothing goes automatically to >> either of the USB speakers. In the PulseAudio volume control, the >> "system sounds" just has a volume slider, it doesn't let you > choose an >> output device. > > This is from PA wiki: > > http://www.pulseaudio.org/wiki/DefaultDevice > > Which seems to point "pavucontrol", as well as this other site: > > How do I switch to another audio output sink in XFCE? > http://askubuntu.com/questions/107277/how-do-i-switch-to-another-audio-output-sink-in-xfce
Thank you! I did look at the docs but i thought that this still couldnt apply to "internal audio". But this seems to be the trick..... I dont mind the manual setup; once its done it's done. Jen. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]

