On Sat, 30 Apr 2022 21:56:11 -0400,
Grant Edwards wrote:
>
> On 2022-05-01, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> The usual fallback is wiki.archlinux.org, but its instructions to
> >> place the following in /etc/asound.conf or ~/.asoundrc doesn't work:
> >>
> >> defaults.pcm.card 1
> >> defaults.ctl.card 1
> >
> > wiki.gentoo.org is back, and it says to use something like this in
> > /etc/asound.conf
> > or ~/asoundrc:
> >
> > defaults.pcm.!card 1
> > defaults.pcm.!device 0
> > defaults.ctl.!card 1
> >
> > That also does nothing. Using card names as shown at
> > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/ALSA#Files also does nothing.
> >
> > Yes, I'm restarting alsasound after changing /etc/asound.conf
>
> Apparently, restarting alsasound after changing /etc/asound.conf isn't
> enough. A reboot was required.
>
> I never saw that mentioned in any of the half-dozen sources I read
> about alsa configuration, so I presume it's a personal problem?
These configurations are in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa.conf as to which is
the default sound card and its parameters. The name might not be
alsa.conf, but you would have to unload the module and reload, that is
why you had to do a reboot.
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