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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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.