On Wed, 20 Apr 2022 14:57:26 -1000, Joel Roth wrote: >pcm.!default { > type asym > playback.pcm "plughw:CARD=PCH,DEV=7" >} Hi, ½ a year ago I started using the following .asoundrc in my home folder to automatically access HDMI audio after log in on a plain ALSA (and jackd, but no pulseaudio) install. [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ cat .asoundrc defaults.pcm.card 3 defaults.pcm.device 7 Unfortunately I can't start jackd to access another device anymore, but since I'm doing almost all pro-audio related work with Apple, the crappy display's speaker sound is usually ok for the Linux machine. To access another device I need to [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ mv -i .asoundrc .asoundrc_disabled then log out and in again to use one of devices in alsa-base.conf or an USB device. [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf # ALSA module ordering options snd slots=snd_hdspm,snd_ice1712,snd_ice1712 I've done the mv and log out and in right now for the very first time. At least there's no need to reboot :D. Regards, Ralf _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user