From: Camaleon <noela...@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2012 14:00:21 +0000 (UTC) > You mean the name enclosed in brackes, the card identifier?
Yes, the names "SI7012", "default" and "default_1". > I don't know ... your final goal ... Aiming to have sound work. =8~) [Old boring background story. Two desktop PCs running Squeeze. Each machine has the mainboard audio chipset, a USB C-Media headset and USB C-Media speakers. On one system audio mostly works. On the other system, Skype and Twoinkle work but never a sound from VLC or from Iceweasel.] Seems that unambiguous identification of devices is a necessary condition for sound functionality. The possibility of multiple sound devices is acknowledged in the documentation now; so the situation is improving. > http://alsa.opensrc.org/Udev Much more information than http://wiki.debian.org/SoundFAQ; which has one less sentence now that a dead link is gone. Will study and see what can be gleaned. Incidentally, in the days of the ISA bus, "sound card" was appropriate terminology. Today, referring to a little USB audio adapter or a chip set on a system board as a "card" mokes no sense. Time to adopt a realistic term. "Audio adapter" or "audio device"? One chunk of hardware can have multiple "devices" making "audio device" too ambiguous. "Audio adapter" isn't a good term for an onboard chipset. Any ideas for a good term? Thanks, ... Peter E. -- 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 12 Telephone +13606390202. Bcc: peter at easthope.ca http://carnot.yi.org/ "http://members.shaw.ca/peasthope/index.html#Itinerary " -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/171057635.41701.33977@heaviside.invalid