Jeffrey Barish wrote: > A USB DAC may or may not be connected to my system. When it is > connected, sound should come out the USB DAC. When it is not > connected, sound should come out the internal DAC. AFAIK PulseAudio can be configured to do this automatically, even when a stream is currently being played. > The solution that I implemented uses udev to detect when the USB DAC > is connected/disconnected. udev runs a script when it detects > a change. The script writes ~/.asoundrc > [...] > So, what is different about restarting the daemon from the command > line versus restarting it from the script. Maybe ~ points to another user's home directory, or you're using a udev event that happens before the USB sound device is registered. Regards, Clemens ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user