On Sun, Dec 01, 2013 at 12:24:04PM -0900, Roger wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 01, 2013 at 09:27:52PM +0100, wempwer@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > >On Sun, Dec 01, 2013 at 09:16:28PM +0200, D.T.au wrote: > >> hello, > >> > >> most of the examples you are giving are not about alsa but about other sound architectures that build on top of that, and software. > >> i think you might want to do some reading, e.g. here: > >> http://tuxradar.com/content/how-it-works-linux-audio-explained > >> maybe you'll notice that the writer of this article is critical, like you, but not complaining. > >> i really don't understand the complaining tone you are using; > >> there's nothing wrong with opening a config file and editing a few settings. > >> btw, if you have 2 soundcards you can also set the default permanently, so it becomes hw:0,0 again. > > > >Nope. There is something wrong if your system doesn't work out of the > >box because something is broken by someone in some place. > > True. But your statement is sort of like saying the wheel is engineered > incorrectly, when the wheel merrily missing lug nuts. > > (Likely your distribution flavor has a bug, requiring fixing. Quite common, > especially with Debian. ;-) > Maybe, but if I have 2 soundcards in my system - the correct one (not HDMI, I don't know how to call it) and HDMI card and ALSA treats the latter as the default card, what distribution problem can lead to that? This situation happened on Slackware. -- <wempwer@xxxxxxxxx> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349351&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user