From kde-linux Sun Jan 07 13:04:29 2007 From: Ronny Standtke Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2007 13:04:29 +0000 To: kde-linux Subject: Re: [kde-linux] How do I set the default sound card? Message-Id: <200701071404.29278.Ronny.Standtke () gmx ! net> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-linux&m=116817512712844 Hi, > you don't have to consider the permission of the symlink itself but the > permission of the device linked. I am member of the group audio and this are the permissions of /dev/dsp: crw-rw---- 1 root audio 14, 3 2007-01-07 14:13 /dev/dsp > http://alsa.opensrc.org/MultipleCards > So you can, at least, choose the order of your sound cards. I read the whole page and some references. I removed my previously written udev rules file from the directory /etc/udev/rules.d/ and added the follwing lines to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base: options snd-intel8x0 index=0 options snd-usb-audio index=1 ... and rebootet the system. The result was (again) disappointing: My on-board soundcard was no longer available, only the headset and the webcam: $ cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [Headset ]: USB-Audio - Logitech USB Headset Logitech Logitech USB Headset at usb-0000:00:1d.0-2, full speed 1 [U0x46d0x8ce ]: USB-Audio - USB Device 0x46d:0x8ce USB Device 0x46d:0x8ce at usb-0000:00:1d.7-4, high speed I checked with dmesd and looked at /var/log/messages; there are no errors regarding the module "snd_intel8x0". It is loaded just normally: $ lsmod | grep ^snd_intel8x0 snd_intel8x0 30332 0 Any other hint? By the way... I just gave the "Evil Empire Operating System" a flying visit. I inserted the headset and the webcam. Everything was detected automatically and in the sound device system configuration I was presented a combobox with both the on-board soundcard and the headset. Notice that the webcam was (correctly) not included. I chose the headset as default device and rebootet. Everything worked like it should. I shut down, removed the headset, bootet again and, voila!, the onboard-soundcard was automatically used. Nice fallback strategy included. As a normal user I would like to have the same user-friendlyness in Linux... is there any chance? Greetings and Thanks Ronny ___________________________________________________ This message is from the kde-linux mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-linux. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.