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DenisBY

Member

Registered: 2010-12-17

Posts: 2

[Solved] Switch primary sound device from internal audio to USB Audio

I have two audio cards in my notebook:
$ cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [Intel          ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
                      HDA Intel at 0x94900000 irq 47
1 [default        ]: USB-Audio - C-Media USB Audio Device   
                      C-Media USB Audio Device    at usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.2, full speed

"C-Media USB Audio Device" is my headset. When I play anything by amarok there is sound only from internal speakers and nothing from my headset. I see my USB audio in xfce4-mixer, can control level but still no sound. In KDE which I have along with xfce I can choose which sound device is primary but could not find same tool in xfce.

BlackTornado

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Registered: 2009-04-26

Posts: 7

Re: [Solved] Switch primary sound device from internal audio to USB Audio

Just right click on the mixer applet on the panel --> Sound Preferences --> "Output" tab and select the output device you prefer.

DenisBY

Member

Registered: 2010-12-17

Posts: 2

Re: [Solved] Switch primary sound device from internal audio to USB Audio

Strange. Now I see my USB device in this list. Thank you.