On Fri, 2006-09-08 at 20:37 +0200, Jerome Tuncer wrote: > What do I have to do so that one order is preserved upon > reboot/re-detection of the interfaces? > With correct applications it should not be necessary to do anything; ALSA supports addressing devices by name. The .asoundrc should nto be needed either - in fact it could cause problems as you have defined the default devices to be hw:x which will bypass dmix. aplay -D default:ICH5 file.wav should play to the Intel card, and aplay -D default:Delta66 file.wav to the Delta66. Lee