2014-08-29 15:38 GMT+02:00 Martin G. McCormick < mar...@server1.shellworld.net>:
> If one searches for debian+multiple+sound+cards, there > is a wilderness of somewhat confusing discussions and examples > as to how to configure asound.conf to insure that each card > comes up in the same order. I have two older Dells, each with > the stock CS423X sound chip on the mother board and a SB16-type > sound card. One uses an EMU10k1 driver and the other uses an > EMU8000. All seem to work and would work a lot better if they > always came up in the same order. > One school of thought tells us to put a line in > /etc/asound.conf that looks something like > options snd slots=,snd-Emu8000 > > asound.conf won't help you. drop a custom module config in /etc/modprobe.d/ eg. /etc/modprobe.d/alsa.conf and use options/index parameters eg. (my case) options snd_hda_intel index=0 options snd_aloop index=1 just look at lsmod for the kernel modules used by your sound cards. /r