USB sound

[Gene Heskett]

On Friday 04 October 2013 00:01:38 Ric Moore did opine:

> On 10/03/2013 03:15 PM, R Kimber wrote:
> > Hi:
> > 
> > I've been having problems with UBS sound for some time (it used to
> > work about 6 months ago). I find that any USB sound device that I
> > connect is not recognised, and is not listed by aplay -l
> > 
> > I've googled for this and found links to a number of unresolved bug
> > reports, so my question is: does anyone currently have USB sound
> > working with an external sound device (e.g. a DAC or a streamer)?
> > 
> > I'm using 12.04 LTS
> 
> sudo apt-get install pavucontrol
> Then open it. Under the playback tab you select the device you want to
> play back through from a drop down selection of all the audio devices
> your system sees. I switch between my USB headset and my 6.1 sound systm
> all the time using that. I use the headset to not bother other's
> sleeping. Or, I can blow the cat out the window with 6.1. pavucontrol
> SHOULD be installed during the install process, but it's not. Go figure.
> Ric

The real question is, did you close the window after you blew that lazy 
mouser out the window?

Cheers, Gene
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