The below advice assumes pulseaudio is being used. There are some of us, not just AT users but also professional musicians and audio professionals, who prefer to avoid pulseaudio. And therein hangs the tale. The answer isn't necessarily obvious. However, the first question is obvious: Who's in charge? pulseaudio? alsa? Or, still possibly, though not as likely, oss? Janina Linux for blind general discussion writes: > Hi, > Where do you try to select the sound card? In gnome-control-center -> Sound? > If so, try Pulseaudio Volume Control (pavucontrol), or vise versa - if that's what you're using til now, try gnome-control-center -> Sound. > > -- > Best wishes, > Zahari > > Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Tue, Jul 04, 2017 at 11:45:52PM +0200 > > > -- > > Kristoffer Gustafsson > > Salängsgatan 7a > > tel:033-12 60 93 > > mobil: 0730-500934 > > Hi. > > I have troble with my sound cards in gnome. > > I can select one, but when I select that the sound doesn't come from > > that card but a card that is not selected. the built in audio. > > I've got an usb mixer, and a creative audigy card. > > I try to select them. the same thing. just the built in realtek chip. > > what can this be? > > /Kristoffer > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 sip:janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Email: janina@xxxxxxxxxxx Linux Foundation Fellow Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list