I couldn't afford to wait for a fix, so I re-installed 10.10. I didn't realise just how much I had configured over the years of Ubuntu upgrades; it took up a lot of time getting back to where I was - a shame this one caused me to revert and spoil the good record.
Although I could install 11.04 on my laptop to try .. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-media in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/775345 Title: USB headset not selectable in Output tab of Sound Preferences -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs