Well I hosed my $70 Sony earbuds today jammin' out to some tunes in Amarok. When leaning back in my chair, I ended up yanking the wire too hard and now have an unusable pair of headphones. Well, it looks like I get to use my Logitech USB headset and perform air traffic control while I wait for a replacement pair to get shipped to me.
One problem though, I have switched out my Vista box for a Kubuntu box and the USB headset doesn't automatically get recognized by the OS. Luckily, there is a command line way to get around this:
asoundconf set-default-card Headset