[gentoo-user] Re: ALSA forgot default device
On 2022-05-01, John Covici wrote: > These configurations are in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa.conf as to which is > the default sound card and its parameters. I believe that file is only used if alsa is a module. I've never configured alsa as a module. > 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. I have always had alsa built in to the kernel, and the default configuration is in /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf. That file is the one installed by installed by the emerge, and generally should not be edited. System-wide settings should go in /etc/asound.conf and per-user settings should go in ~/.asoundrc. Those files are both included by /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ALSA forgot default device
On Sat, 30 Apr 2022 21:56:11 -0400, Grant Edwards wrote: > > On 2022-05-01, Grant Edwards 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. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici wb2una cov...@ccs.covici.com
[gentoo-user] Re: ALSA forgot default device
On 2022-05-01, Grant Edwards 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? -- Grant
[gentoo-user] Re: ALSA forgot default device
On 2022-05-01, Grant Edwards wrote: > On Gentoo, with OpenRC, how do you configure the default board/device > for ALSA? > > I've asked Google, and all the links it comes up with are for sites > that are broken because of PHP or database failures (e.g. wiki.gentoo.org > and forums.gentoo.org). > > 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 The only way I can get sound is to specify the card using -D with aplay, or using -ao alsa:device= with mplayer, or by manually choosing the correct output device in VLC.
