Daniel, thanks a lot for your detailled explanation. This requires some more changes, asoundconf currently always uses a '!' for strings, so I should teach it not to, and instead specify the ! in the argument given to it.
** Changed in: alsa-utils (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => In Progress ** Changed in: alsa-utils (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Martin Pitt ** Also affects: control-center (Ubuntu) Severity: Normal Priority: (none set) Status: Unconfirmed -- Can't use other than default sound card https://launchpad.net/bugs/31699 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs