> snd-card-0 snd-via82xx > snd-slot-0 snd-card-0 > > I would consider playing with them, except that I don't see > these incantations/conventions defined anywhere in the Alsa > docs or wiki. back when i had the illusion of using the onboard sound for something, just uncommenting the following lines (in /etc/modules.d/alsa (which gentoo puts into /etc/modules.conf after installing new modules (by calling modules-update))) and changing them to the module names was enough to affect the order: ## alias snd-card-0 snd-interwave ## alias snd-card-1 snd-ens1371 if youre trying to get one besides hw:0,0,0 to be 'default', id imagine theres a way to do that with asound[.conf/.rc]. otherwise it seems dubious (i mean that apps expect you to refer to your Apogee as hw:1 and Via as hw:0)
