On 22 November 2010 13:12, Paul Whipp <[email protected]> wrote: >... > I use my Ubuntu desktop for work and for good quality VOIP I use a Logitech > wireless headset that works very well. I also have the usual sound > card/speakers connected. > > If I get a skype call and I am not using the headset, I turn the headset on > and then have to set it as the default device in System | Preferences | > Volume Control. This is a pain and if I forget to set it back again when I > take the headset off I don't hear the incoming ringing sound. > > I'm not sure how best to solve this problem. One option might be to create a > second PulseAudio server which uses just the headset so I can assign that > server to the microphone/speaker settings in the Sound Devices Options in > skype (this would then be like the way it used to work for me in windows). I > have not been able to find any documentation on this to help me do it > though. > > A second option might be to have the default device change when the headset > is turned on - to somehow change the sound output device in the Sound > preferences automatically when the headset power switch is turned on. This > would ideally have some Panel icon to warn me the headset is on too (just in > case I forget to turn it off and don't notice the light on the headset). > Again I am not sure how to do this but it must be possible. >...
If this is a USB headset, there is an open Ubuntu bug report for this: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/380928 The comments there mention the earcandy package as a solution for switching output at least. -- Gary M -- ubuntu-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
