USB headset and Maverick

[Rickey Moore]

On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 8:00 PM, J <dreadpiratejeff at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hrmmm... so something I've not used before today...
>
> Ok, so I have Maverick installed on an Alienware M15x.  Using the
> internal Mic array and either external speakers or the internal
> speakers,  I get great audio quality on both playback and record.
>
> However, when trying to set up my new Plantronics 626 USB headset, I'm
> having ... mixed results.
>
> In Mumble, I was able to somehow get the mic to start working, thought
> that required me hitting alsamixer and turning up the sensitivity (the
> Sound Preferences tool did absolutely nothing in this regard) and I
> was able to get that working... kinda.
>
> But then shut down Mumble and fired up Audacity, and no sound on the
> USB headset microphone at all.  Tried Skype test calling service and
> also no audio at all.  Then fired mumble up again and sound seems to
> work...
>
> So I'm about to reboot and see if Pulse is just stuck, but I thought
> I'd check her and see if anyone had any suggestions for
> troubleshooting a USB headset.


 I always keep a window of pavucontrol open so I  can see what
 application is being handled and how. It may be as simple as a redirect to
the headset. Ric
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