This has been an open bug in pulseaudio for a while now basically it comes down to the pulseaudio devs dont want to do this. The only real hope is that its done at the ubuntu level
As a work around the earcandy project will do this https://launchpad.net/~earcandy-devel/+archive/ppa Any body who knows python and wants to help polish would be appreciated -- No easy way to switch default sound output to USB headphones https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/380928 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs