I got a new headset primarily to use on my ps3 for COD4 but I thought it would be fun to test it on Ubuntu.
It didn’t run straight out-of-the-box, but was pretty easy to get working.
This method will not work for everyone, but it can’t hurt to try.
I began by switching everything to ALSA (advanced linux sound architecture) in “system -> preferences -> sound”.
Then removed PulseAudio from my system by doing
sudo apt-get autoremove pulseaudio – -purge
in a terminal
(note: there should be no space between the two – before purge)
Then I selected the “usb headset” in the sound window.
By now your sound window should look like this:
Then I downloaded “asoundconf-gtk” by using the following command.
“sudo apt-get install asoundconf-gtk”
Once it was installed, I opened it by pressing “alt + f2″ and typing the name again.
Then I selected “headset” from the dropdown menu.
After that’s done, install “gnome-alsamixer” the same way you installed “asoundconf-gtk”.
Open up gnome-alsamixer.
Unmute everything and turn them up. There should be a tab on the top (mine was called “usb mixer”), switch to that and do the same again.
And voila, everyhing worked.
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If you don’t understand something I’ve written down, feel free to ask.
If these steps aren’t working after following this guide, well I’m sorry, I can’t help you.
You can get help on http://www.ubuntuforums.org or on the irc.freenode.net on #ubuntu or #alsa.
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14 Comments
July 14, 2008 at 12:29 am
Thanks for this. It worked for me. I’m not sure what Pulse Audio is good for, except breaking things.
May 5, 2009 at 9:37 pm
Thanks man this worked for me also, Appreciate the effort to help other people man keep up the good work dude
July 15, 2008 at 7:11 pm
I hear you.
It seems PulseAudio has more potential than ALSA, but it just isn’t there yet.
July 16, 2008 at 2:24 pm
You know, I have to disagree with myself. ALSA worked great and first, but then the headphones stopped working, then audio stopped working at all, etc. I went back followed all the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PulseAudio (including hosing my existing alsa.conf) and now Pulse works just fine. It’s much more complicated than it needs to be, but it does seem it can walk and chew gum at the same time.
September 21, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Thanks you very much, this worked for me too. You are supper.
February 10, 2009 at 6:00 pm
hey mate, think u did it great!!! thank u so much for this tips!
February 10, 2009 at 7:21 pm
THANKS SO MUCH! I browse the net for days!!! you are the best!!!
February 21, 2009 at 7:43 pm
Many Thanks! gotta love the ubuntu/linux community, the answers are always out there!!!
February 22, 2009 at 4:27 pm
A tip for people who don’t like the command line stuff (using Ubuntu 8.04): out of curiosity I checked the installed packages with Synaptic. I was able to quickly mark all the packages to be installed and the one to be removed. In a single step I applied the changes. In the sound preferences I then switched to ALSA. The audio applications had to be restarted to detect the new settings. IWFM (it works for me)!
March 11, 2009 at 2:46 am
For some reason, I cant do this.
When I type “sudo apt-get autoremove pulseaudio – -purge”
I get an error returned: “E: Command line option ‘p’ [from -purge] is not known.”
I Quadruple checked and I am typing it right…so I have absolutely no idea what is going on.
Ubuntu 8.10
any help appreciated.
March 16, 2009 at 1:47 pm
I think there is a mistake.
you wrote : sudo apt-get autoremove pulseaudio – -purge
It seems to be : sudo apt-get autoremove pulseaudio –purge
April 15, 2009 at 7:50 am
thank you so much for this, i was having many problems with my volume control built into my headset and thissolved it.
May 11, 2009 at 4:55 am
Thank you for the guidelines, it worked for my Logitech ClearChat Comfort USB Headset. The sound quality is great and microphone is working fine too.
Thanks again
May 16, 2009 at 1:08 am
Thank you so much… simple, it all make sens and its easy to follow.
Appreciate it very much!!
Merci encore!