[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#586648: Bug#586648: Possible future temporary solution

[Elimar Riesebieter]

* sergey [110219 23:46 +0300]:
> Excuse me for my poor English :-)

It is not so bad ;-)

> Please note that after fixing bug 614113 we will have possibility
> to change default audio device by rewriting /etc/asound.conf. 

Your solution isn't that good. /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf is
installed as distributed from upstream. The correct way to set
priorities of more than one sound device is to define it in a file
in /etc/modprobe.d, i.e. myalsa.conf.

> 
> For example for HDA-Intel card:
> defaults.ctl.card Intel
> defaults.pcm.card Intel
> defaults.timer.card Intel
> ....card Intel
> 
> For USB-Audio:
> defaults.ctl.card U0x46d0x8b2
> defaults.pcm.card U0x46d0x8b2
> defaults.timer.card U0x46d0x8b2
> .... card U0x46d0x8b2
> 
> It will very easy to write some GUI for this.

Well we're members of the open source comunity and it would be fine
to send us a patch as usual.

Elimar

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