On Mon, 06 Dec 2010 11:42:43 -0500, Chris Jones wrote: > I am trying to set up a USB sound bar on someone else's laptop running > ubuntu 10.10 with a gnome desktop. (...) There was a recent thread for this purpose: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2010/12/msg00011.html Basically, you can instruct your alsa config file and set the deafult sound device to be used. Greetings, -- Camaleón