[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#611533: Bug#611533: Bug#611533: Bug#611533: alsa-base: version issue: kernel provides 1.0.21 drivers, alsa is 1.0.23

[Brice Rebsamen]

$ grep snd-usb-audio /etc/modprobe.d/*
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf:# Keep snd-usb-audio from beeing loaded
as first soundcard
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf:options snd-usb-audio index=-2

Thanks
Brice


On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 1:55 AM, Elimar Riesebieter <riesebie at lxtec.de> wrote:
> * Brice Rebsamen [110204 22:35 +0800]:
> [...]
>> When I ran alsamixer, the device in the home screen was my USB camera
>> (it has a microphone).
>> I unplugged the camera,  restarted my system and did all of the above
>> test again. This time I had sound for all of them, as well as in X...
>
> Please send the output of:
> $ grep snd-usb-audio /etc/modprobe.d/*
>
>>
>> So:
>> 1- the bug report is invalid: there is no version issue.
>> 2- It is weird though that things work with the 1.0.23 version, maybe
>> because I installed it when the camera was installed, or maybe because
>> it came with fresh configuration files... I'll investigate more.
>> 3- I need to find how to configure alsa so that my sound card is my
>> default device. Any guidance is appreciated.
>
> Since alsa-base (1.0.23+dfsg-1) we made shure an usb-sound device
> doesn't get the primary one. Read
> /usr/share/doc/alsa-base/changelog.Debian.gz:
>
> ...
> alsa-driver (1.0.23+dfsg-1) unstable; urgency=low
>
> ...
>
>  * Prevent snd-usb-audio to be the first soundcard via
>    /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf. (closes: #574593).
>
> ...
>
> Elimar
>
> --
>  Never make anything simple and efficient when a way
>  can be found to make it complex and wonderful ;-)
>