Problem :
I have some USB speakers that I use with KDE under linux.
If they are plugged in when KDE starts, all works fine. If I plug them in while KDE is already started, they are recognised by the system, this works fine:
$ speaker-test -D front_CARD=Device,DEV=0 -c 2
And the audio device shows up in phonon, but is greyed out:
I can log out and log in again to activate them, but this isn’t a great solution for a laptop. Does anyone know of a way to activate the speakers so I can use them without logging out each time?
Solution :
I haven’t used KDE in a while, but I believe it uses alsa for audio device control.
The brute force way would be to use sudo alsa force-reload – which will reset the audio subsystem. sudo alsa reload should work as well.
Looking for a one device way to do this and will update when i find one.