automatically use USB headset

[Jason White]

John G. Heim <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> wrote:
> Anybody know how to get linux to 
>automatically use a USB headset for sound when you plug it in?

The only means of changing the default sound device in Alsa that I am aware of
is with a .asoundrc file (or the equivalent in /etc).

So if you're prepared to create or modify configuration files in a script then
you could probably write a shell script to do it.