enablign usb headset

[Tommy Trussell]

On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 12:24 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On 03/17/2009 02:28 PM, Donald Raikes wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> How do I enable my usb headset under intrepid?
>>
>> I hear everything perfectly through the speakers, but I would like to be
>> able to use my usb headset at times, but when I plug it in, the sound
>> still comes through the speakers.
>>
>> I would like it to be that when I plug in the headset audio is
>> automatically switched to the headset, but if they are not plugged in
>> sound comes through the speakers like usual.
>>
>
> Right click the audio icon, select 'Open Volume Control', click
> 'Preferences', tick 'Headphone Jack Sense'. You will now see a new tab
> labeled 'Switches' next to the 'Playback' tab, click it. Now, tick
> 'Headphone Jack Sense'.

does that work for USB headphones (which don't use the "headphone
jack")? That's what the OP was describing but I don't have any so I
cannot test.