How to set USB headset as default input / output device

MoD · **Joined:** Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:52 pm **Posts:** 298

Hi,

Im running on ZW snapshot.

I'm trying to get my Logitech Headset to work as the default input / output device, e.g. for Skype and GMusicBrowser.

lsusb: Bus 006 Device 002: ID 046d:0a01 Logitech, Inc. USB Headset

lsmod | grep snd
snd_seq_oss 15964 0
snd_seq_midi_event 2696 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 26268 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_pcm_oss 22108 0
snd_mixer_oss 8772 2 snd_pcm_oss
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 16844 1
snd_hda_codec_realtek 125644 1
snd_usb_audio 58712 4
snd_hwdep 3124 1 snd_usb_audio
snd_usbmidi_lib 9924 1 snd_usb_audio
snd_rawmidi 10168 1 snd_usbmidi_lib
snd_seq_device 2840 3 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
snd_hda_intel 15276 3
snd_hda_codec 38636 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_pcm 34676 5 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_timer 10280 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 28260 27 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_usb_audio,snd_hwdep,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 2836 2 snd
snd_page_alloc 3948 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm

In the Mixer (panel) "Logitech USB Headset (Alsa mixer) is set as the default sound card. Skype, however, tells me that I'm using pulseaudio. And simply doesn't use the headset.

I noticed the two config files in .pulse defining the default sink. Which one would I need to edit? And how. And how I'd enable the microphone?

Can anybody help?

Thx in advance.

The MoD

bipbip · **Posted:** Tue May 08, 2012 8:06 pm

You are under xfce snapshot but with pusleaudio ?
If it is the case you have to install alsa-plugins.

Did you try to configure gst with gstreamer-properties ?

Bip

MoD · **Joined:** Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:52 pm **Posts:** 298

Hi Bip,

yes, I'm on XFCE snapshot with pulseaudio.

I installed the alsa- plugins. Now I don't have any sound any more.

Than I tried gstreamer-properties. First time I got messages about missing plugins for pulseaudio. So I installed gstreamer-extra-good. Now gstreamer-properties doesn't start any longer. It just hangs:

gstreamer-properties

(gstreamer-properties:5821): Gtk-WARNING **: Unknown property: GtkDialog.has-separator

(gstreamer-properties:5821): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: gtk-widgets.css:2:14: Themeing engine 'unico' not found

(gstreamer-properties:5821): Gtk-WARNING **: Unknown property: GtkDialog.has-separator
gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'artsdsink'
gstreamer-properties-Message: Skipping unavailable plugin 'sunaudiosink'
shm_open() failed: Permission denied
shm_open() failed: Permission denied
shm_open() failed: Permission denied
shm_open() failed: Permission denied

The MoD

franco · **Joined:** Fri Dec 28, 2007 2:36 pm **Posts:** 1285

I don't have pulseaudio installed
anyway if you have you will need also his deps (fftw and libavc json ecc)
In my system both external and internal microphone and headset are working.
mixer= alsa mixer
and I just use capture.
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Pulseaudio get installed in my system when I install soundconverter
should be some dep of gst-plugins-extra
but not all the deps
I did remove pulseaudio and soundconverter is working
at least convert ac in ogg
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I will first check if I have all the deps of pulseaudio
second try to remove pulseaudio.

franco · **Joined:** Fri Dec 28, 2007 2:36 pm **Posts:** 1285

and I don't have alsa-plugins

bipbip · **Posted:** Wed May 09, 2012 5:37 pm

Mod,

Do you have shm in your /etc/fstab ?

Something like this :

Code:

tmpfs            /dev/shm         tmpfs       nodev,nosuid,noexec,rw 0   0

Bip

MoD · **Joined:** Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:52 pm **Posts:** 298

just tried to use skype from ZenLive. Works like a charm.

There seems to be no pulseaudio at all in ZenLive. Can I just remove it from the fixed installation?

@Bip

No, I don't have tmpfs in my /etc/fstab.

The MoD

bipbip · **Posted:** Thu May 10, 2012 8:30 pm

pulseaudio needs tmpfs to work.
You can try to remove pulseaudio and gst-plugins too.

Bip

MoD · **Joined:** Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:52 pm **Posts:** 298

uninstalling Pulseaudio brought the gstreamer-properties back to work. If I select there the USB headset as source (for the microphone) and as sink for the output it's working.

But so far I failed to configure GMusicBrowser ans skype properly.

If anybody could advice here ...

The MoD

franco · **Joined:** Fri Dec 28, 2007 2:36 pm **Posts:** 1285

I need json-c to make work skype properly
Never had problem whith gmusicbrowser
-------------------------------------------
I will install json-c
try to create a new user just to see if the old config are creating problems.

MoD · **Joined:** Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:52 pm **Posts:** 298

json-c is installed.

However, by now I think that I've messed up the sound configuration heavily. In gstreamer-properties sound is working, but only for the USB headset. But I can't get sound to work in any application! Including Media Player etc.

No matter, what I enter in gstreamer-properties, Mixer and the applications.

The MoD

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