There is now (as of Dapper) a system in place to use the more human- friendly string from ``asoundconf list''. Using asoundconf(1)'s convenience macro, set-default-card, will write an ~/.asoundrc.asoundconf that is resilient to changing device indices.
Please report whether it works in Dapper. If it doesn't, please try today's Edgy live cd. -- Dapper Sound System broken by plugging in a Webcam https://launchpad.net/bugs/48377 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs