Re: ALSA pisses me off

[Clemens Ladisch]

Albert Cahalan wrote:
> I gather that somebody decided that USB audio should never be selected
> as the default.

Only when the order of sound cards has not been configured.

Put the following into /etc/modprobe.conf:

  options snd slots=snd-usb-audio,snd-virmidi

This should have been done by the sound card configuration utility of
your distribution.

> [...]
> The second is that, if a user adds USB audio, they probably want to
> use it! Plugging in a USB audio device should take over the audio,

It certainly should not this automatically in the kernel.  At best, this
is a decision to be made by userspace.


HTH
Clemens
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