[kwlug-disc] Linux supported sound cards

[William Park]

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.

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-- 
William