On Mon, 14 Nov 2016 09:37:18 +0100, Kristoffer Gustafsson wrote: >Today I tried installing debian without gnome just to have fun. >then the card worked! >how can this be? Two of several possibilities 1. No pulseaudio 2. Randomly it becomes the default hw:0 at startup, without an alsa-base.conf to ensure this. [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf # ALSA module ordering options snd slots=snd_hdspm,snd_ice1712,snd_ice1712 Regards, Ralf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms. With one year of Intel Parallel Studio XE. Training and support from Colfax. Order your platform today. http://sdm.link/xeonphi _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user