Arthur Marsh wrote: > Hi, I finally installed a Debian snapshot kernel that uses ALSA 1.0.16 > rather than a 1.0.16 release candidate version, and had the pcsp (PC > speaker) driver block the loading of an nForce2 sound card driver until > I blacklisted pcsp. > > There has been some discussion on this before in this list but I'd like > to know if there is any consensus amongst ALSA developers on handling > snd-pcsp intelligently. > > In an even bigger wishlist department, how one can easily make a > selection between several sound cards in a machine as to which one is > default and which other ones still have drivers loaded? > You seem to have done that already below. > The machine in question has: > > /etc/modprobe.d$/sound: > > alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0 > options snd-intel8x0 index=0 > alias snd-card-1 snd-mpu-401 > options snd-mpu-401 index=1 > alias snd-card-2 snd-usb-audio > options snd-usb-audio index=2 > alias snd-card-3 snd-fm801 > options snd-fm801 index=3 > > The list below corresponds to the index specifications above, and the default card will be the snd-intel unless you change it in an .asoundrc file. > and now has: > > cat /proc/asound/cards > 0 [nForce2 ]: NFORCE - NVidia nForce2 > NVidia nForce2 with ALC650F at irq 21 > This is the only one that doesn't seem intuitive. > 1 [UART ]: MPU-401 UART - MPU-401 UART > MPU-401 UART at 0x330, irq 10 > 2 [U0x46d0x8d9 ]: USB-Audio - USB Device 0x46d:0x8d9 > USB Device 0x46d:0x8d9 at usb-0000:00:02.0-1, > full speed > 3 [FM801AU ]: FM801 - ForteMedia FM801-AU > ForteMedia FM801-AU at 0x9400, irq 16 > > Note that there is *not* a clear mapping between names in > /proc/asound/cards and snd-* modules used. > > Has anyone come up with a solution to help with the selection of default > cards and appropriate black-listing if needed? > Maybe I didn't understand your question. > Arthur. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
