[kwlug-disc] Linux supported sound cards

[William Park]

How about PCM number?  If numbers doesn't work, try assigning names.
That shouldn't change on reboot.  Eg. my sound card (from motherboard)
is called "PCH".  
-- 
William

On Sat, Oct 03, 2015 at 10:06:57PM -0400, CrankyOldBugger 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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