On Tue, 8 Nov 2016 13:49:14 -0500 Anthony Baldwin <baldwinling...@gmx.com> wrote:
> > I really need to hear my Opeth (Swedish Death Metal!! \m/ ) now, for > workout time, and I'm bummed. > Boot a live CD, then. When this happens to me, it's because I have more than one sound device, and the coin lands on a different side one day and another one is designated the default. There is allegedly a way to prevent this happening, but it is sufficiently involved (nothing as simple as adding a string to a configuration file, or ticking a GUI box) that I can't be bothered, because I'll have to learn how to do it again in a different way in another six months. Sound under Linux is a moving target. If you have more than one sound device (if you have an HDMI socket, there is a sound device associated with that) try: Have a look in /proc/asound/cards to find the current card order. Look in /etc/asound.conf to see if the xxx.!default options match what your speakers are connected to. If you don't have this file you might try creating it. Mine looks like: pcm.!default { type hw card 0 } ctl.!default { type hw card 0 } Currently the card designated 0 is the one I want to use, out of three. But the numbering might change tomorrow. -- Joe