On Mon, 2012-01-16 at 08:52 +0000, Peter Nikolic wrote: > [snip] > 2: I have an Nvidia graphics card GT220 that has HDMI output on it (i dont > use it dont have anything to take HDMI in) but it keeps getting setup as the > primary audio system there is an on board sound card as well that is disabled > (really bad quality) i use an external USB sound card works well for the GBP > 19.00 that it cost > > Certain games refuse point blank to use the external sound and insist on the > HDMI job how can i stop this the HDMI is turned off every where i can find it > what else do i need to do to remove it from being detected Hi Pete, if you want multiple audio interfaces given consistent device numbers by ALSA you might need to do this: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Advanced_Linux_Sound_Architecture#Random_Lack_of_Sound_on_Startup In the past I did it that way for the Debian based 64Studio: http://www.64studio.com/faq_user Take a look at 13., there might be no dmixer being involved. I had to edit nothing for Arch, the order always is the same: $ aplay -l **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: Default [RME AIO_579bcc], device 0: RME AIO [RME AIO] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: EWX2496 [TerraTec EWX24/96], device 0: ICE1712 multi [ICE1712 multi] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 2: EWX2496_1 [TerraTec EWX24/96], device 0: ICE1712 multi [ICE1712 multi] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Perhaps they are sorted by IRQs, dunno. OT but you might get a similar issue, if two devices should use the same driver: I use the TerraTecs for MIDI only. I didn't make music with Arch until now, but with Ubuntu I always needed to connect the TerraTecs ALSA MIDI ports manually, since both have the same name. IIRC for JACK clients there are alias names, IIRC for ALSA there's a way too. Hth, Ralf
