* sergey [110220 14:03 +0300]: > On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 21:56:16 +0100 Elimar Riesebieter > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >...Standart way is write this settings to /etc/asound.conf > > >AFAIK. > > > > No, standard is to read > > /usr/share/doc/alsa-base/README.Debian.gz and follow the hints > > ;-) > > I read this file now. As I can understand, user must do this > steps to make sound working: > 1) login as root;
Yes > 2) go to /etc/modprobe.d, look for sound.conf, not found it, be > surprised; The file doesn't exist by default. It must be created by root > 3) create sound.conf in hope that it will works; Yes > 4) run lsmod and try to understood what modules corresponds to > him/her sound devices. It can be untrivial task. For example I > have 16 modules with "snd" in its names. My card that named > "ICH5" in /proc/asound/cards has corresponding module with name > "snd_intel8x0" (if I am not wrong). There are no any coincidences > in "ICH5" and "snd_intel8x0" strings; It is the correct modul, Please post the output of $lsmod | grep snd > 5) write to sound.conf something like this: > alias snd-card-0 <module for highest priority card> > options <module for highest priority card> index=0 > alias snd-card-1 <module for lower priority card> > options <module for lower priority card> index=1 Absolutely correct > 6) think about apply changes without reboot. > Will command "/etc/init.d/alsa restart" apply changes or not? > Reboot system to take guarantied result. Try # /usr/bin/alsa force-reload > It is easy task to write GUI or TUI that will create > /etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf (or better sound_cards_priority.conf). > It can be reported to mainstream as feature request. But some > problems exists: You can name that file as you want. What's needed is the extension '.conf'. i.e. alsa-$HOST.conf > 1) How to determine what modules corresponds to real sound cards, > not for various software things? $ modinfo snd_<whatever you see> > 2) When we know modules - how to get descriptions of corresponding > sound devices? In your case: $ modinfo snd_intel8x0 Elimar -- Excellent day for drinking heavily. Spike the office water cooler;-)
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