Hey, Lately there's been a lot of discussion on linux audio lists about the best way to handle the default device, in the face of multiple cards some of which could be hot-pluggable and might even be identical. Module indices can help in a pinch but are no solution - they require root access and can't change the default device without requiring all sound apps to be restarted. gnome-sound-properties comes closest to solving the problem - it creates an .asoundrc that defines the "default" device for each user (compare KDE which does not even try). But if the default device is defined to a USB audio interface, when the device is unplugged apps will fail rather than falling back to the next available device. How hard would it be to extend ALSA to allow defining a default PCM that automatically falls back to the first device present if unplugged? As far as I can tell this would solve the ALSA device selection problem completely (ignoring OSS emulation which is increasingly irrelevant with the new Flash and Skype releases). Lee ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
