System Administration Guide: Basic Administration

Using USB Audio Devices (Task Map)

Task 

Description 

For Instructions 

1. Add hot-pluggable USB audio devices 

Add a hot-pluggable USB microphone and speakers. 

How to Add Hot-Pluggable USB Audio Devices

2. Identify your system's primary audio device 

Identify which audio device is your primary audio device. 

How to Identify Your System's Primary Audio Device

3. Change the primary USB audio device 

You might want to make one particular audio device the primary audio device if you remove or change your USB audio devices. 

How to Change the Primary USB Audio Device

4. Remove unused USB audio device links 

If you remove a USB audio device while the system is powered off, the /dev/audio device might be pointing to a /dev/sound/* device that doesn't exist.

How to Remove Unused USB Audio Device Links

5. Troubleshoot USB audio device problems 

You might have to power cycle USB speakers. 

Solving USB Speaker Problems