Changing Audio Source

[Deluge]

How can I change the audio source? I have a bluetooth headset set up that I want to use, but I don't know how to tell my system to use it as the default audio device. If I "right-click" on the volume control in the lxpanel, there is an option called "Volume Control Settings", but it is greyed out and cannot be selected.

[Marty Jack]

It's not terribly easy -- you have to edit /etc/asound.conf and/or if you have PulseAudio /etc/pulse/systam.pa and /etc/pulse/default.pa
This is once again why people should say what distro they are on.

Start with a "cat /proc/asound/cards" to see your headset as one of the cards, and then if you have PulseAudio, which is likely, replace the "hw:0.0" by "hw:1.0" or whatever the device number of your headset is.

[Deluge]

Thanks for the reply. I'm on Lubuntu 10.04. PulseAudio wasn't installed by default, so I installed it, but I don't know if it is configured correctly. There was no /etc/asound.conf on my system. Here is /proc/asound/cards:

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 0 [V8235          ]: VIA8233 - VIA 8235
                      VIA 8235 with VIA1617A at 0xe000, irq 22

My headset is connected, but I don't see it as an audio device using hardinfo. How do I find the device number?

[Marty Jack]

Well, that all tends to suggest that your headset isn't being detected. You need to come from the Bluetooth side and see what you might need to get that sorted out. I understand bluez is a good tool for Bluetooth configuration.

[Deluge]

According to gnome-bluetooth, my headset is detected and connected, but alsa doesn't seem to be able to see it. alsamixer doesn't show any option for my headset.

[Marty Jack]

I have no experience whatsoever with Bluetooth. You really need to take this to either your distro or the bluez folks.

This project only develops the things that give you a panel and a way to log in, and a few other utilities. These are not the people who have the expertise you need.