[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#505089: Bug#505089: alsa-utils: "asoundconf set-default-card" does not work

[Elimar Riesebieter]

* Lionel Elie Mamane [081109 15:10 +0100]
> On Sun, Nov 09, 2008 at 02:35:26PM +0100, Elimar Riesebieter wrote:
> > * Lionel Elie Mamane [081109 11:30 +0100]
> 
> >> Using "asoundconf set-default-card" creates a non-working
> >> .asoundrc. The error message I get is:
> 
> > asoundconf is a Debian utility. Is that needed nowadays? I don't
> > know an usefull application right now.
> 
> Well, a useful application is to set the default sound card on
> machines that have several (and where the default default, card number
> 0, varies from reboot to reboot).

/usr/share/doc/alsa-base/README:Debian.gz describes how to set up
more than 1 soundcard and how to set the default one.

We should get rid of asoundconf.

Elimar

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