Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf-ZCLZIpdjs0kJGwgDXS7ZQA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Wed, 4 Oct 2017 21:47:52 -1000, david wrote: >>On 10/04/2017 08:21 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >>> On Wed, 4 Oct 2017 16:32:00 -0500, Jan Depner wrote: >>>> blacklist snd_hda_intel >>>> >>>> because that caused all sorts of grief if I left it active. >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> that's hard to believe. What do you mean by "left it active"? Could >>> you please give a few examples? What happens? >>> >>> Disabling the onboard audio device by the BIOS settings is a good >>> idea, if it's anyway unneeded, but this shouldn't necessarily be >>> required, to improve something, let alone that removing the module >>> shouldn't make a difference. >> >>Don't know about the original poster's situation, but disabling the >>onboard audio on my laptop via BIOS meant that Debian came up with no >>audio at all. Blacklisting the module worked better. >> >>As far as by "leaving it active", perhaps he means his system >>adamantly insists on making the on-board audio the default audio >>device for everything? My desktop system has onboard HDMI audio. Since >>it's connected to an HDMI monitor, the system would make the HDMI >>audio the default device. Not useful since the monitor has no >>speakers ... > > same here, simply ensure that the device can't become hw:0 If your desired sound card is, say, hw:DSP24, then can't you just do export ALSA_CARD=DSP24 and have programs use it? -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
