Takashi Iwai wrote: >> defaults.namehint.showall on >> and >> defaults.namehint.!showall 1 >> >> for my tests - my results are in the previous email. > > Hm, do you see any change in "aplay -L" output with and without this > definition? No, "aplay -L" gives the same list with or without the option. I tried changing it in /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf as well, but the change had no effect. NB: this is with 1.0.14rc4. nicholas@Nicholas:~$ aplay -L default:CARD=V8237 VIA 8237, VIA 8237 Default Audio Device front:CARD=V8237,DEV=0 VIA 8237, VIA 8237 Front speakers surround40:CARD=V8237,DEV=0 VIA 8237, VIA 8237 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers surround41:CARD=V8237,DEV=0 VIA 8237, VIA 8237 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround50:CARD=V8237,DEV=0 VIA 8237, VIA 8237 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers surround51:CARD=V8237,DEV=0 VIA 8237, VIA 8237 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers iec958:CARD=V8237,DEV=0 VIA 8237, VIA 8237 IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output null Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture) default:CARD=UART MPU-401 UART Default Audio Device default:CARD=PAD RME Digi96/8 PAD, Digi96 IEC958 Default Audio Device nicholas@Nicholas:~$ aplay -l **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: V8237 [VIA 8237], device 0: VIA 8237 [VIA 8237] Subdevices: 4/4 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 Subdevice #2: subdevice #2 Subdevice #3: subdevice #3 card 0: V8237 [VIA 8237], device 1: VIA 8237 [VIA 8237] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 2: PAD [RME Digi96/8 PAD], device 0: Digi96 IEC958 [Digi96 IEC958] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 2: PAD [RME Digi96/8 PAD], device 1: Digi96 ADAT [Digi96 ADAT] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel