[kwlug-disc] Linux supported sound cards

[Adam Glauser]

When I had a similar situation, I also had to create a modprobe config file
to control the order of driver loading. This ensured that each device is
assigned a consistent card ID by ALSA.

I am afraid I don't have access to the machine at this point to provide the
details, but I hope this gets you on the right track.

On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 7:39 AM CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Sorry I didn't get back on this earlier.. busy overthrowing the planet, as
> usual..
>
> Anyway, I created a .asoundrc file, loaded it with:
>
>   GNU nano 2.2.6          File:
> /home/jeff/.asoundrc
>
> pcm.!default {
>         type hw
>         card 2
> }
>
> ctl.!default {
>         type hw
>         card 2
> }
>
>
> (as my Audigy file was card 2, as per aplay -l), reboot, then nearly got
> my eardrums blown in by the Ubuntu startup congo beat.
>
> So we have audio.  But one curiousity, though; aplay -l now only shows
> card 0 and card 1, where card 1 is the Audigy.
>
> On next reboot, sound all gone.  aplay -l is still showing card 1 for the
> Audigy, but even if I switch asoundrc to card 1, still no sound.
>
> We're on the right track, but it's a slippery one.
>
> So very close, but no cigar.  At least, a very short beer!
>
>
>
>
> On 5 September 2015 at 01:45, William Park <opengeometry at yahoo.ca> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Sep 01, 2015 at 08:31:49PM -0400, Chris Craig wrote:
>> > Cranky said:
>> > > I just found out the other day that the sound card (Creative Labs
>> > > Audigy FX) in my dual boot desktop doesn't have Linux drivers
>> > > (specifically, Ubuntu).
>> >
>> > Yes it does, it's a Realtek ALC898 based card which is supported by
>> > the snd_hda_intel module.
>> >
>> > I imagine the problem you're having is due to an on-board card that's
>> > registering as card0 (the default), leaving the Audigy FX as card1.
>> >
>> > Dealing with multiple sound cards has always been a pain, here's some
>> > people having similar trouble:
>> >
>> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-hardware-18/getting-a-soundblaster-audigy-fx-to-work-4175505881/
>>
>> I had similar problem recently.  In my case, builtin HDMI is card=0
>> (default) and ALC887 is card=1.  You can configure MPlayer to use
>> card=1, but Flash Player is hardcoded to use the default.
>>
>> So, I had to manually set card=1 as the default.  I'm running
>> Slackware-14.1 which is the latest for Slackware but old compared to
>> other distros.  Ubuntu/Fedora "Live" picked it up right away without
>> manual intervention.  So, I'm surprised that you're having problem with
>> Ubuntu.
>>
>> To configure Audigy FX (say, card=1) as the default, edit ~/.asoundrc,
>>     defaults.ctl.card 1
>>     defaults.pcm.card 1
>>     defaults.pcm.device 0
>> where '1' or '0' should be adjusted to your card in question.
>>
>> Did you say you're going to buy me a beer?
>> --
>> William
>>
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