Tony Baechler <tony at baechler.net> wrote: > Look at your alsa.conf. You might have to comment out the old card and > make sure the new card is the first one selected. In my configuration, at least, there are options in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf that prevent USB sound cards from being recognized as card 0. Given that you're dealing with the on-board sound device, this shouldn't be an issue though in the present case. > Also, you didn't say > what chipset you have, but you might need non-free firmware. On Debian, > that requires adding the package with your firmware module and making sure > it's loaded by the kernel. With USB sound, for example, the default is to > always have it listed as the second card and never use it as the primary > sound device. Starting from the basics would help, too: see if aplay -l lists the card (it should be listed as card 0 if it's the only one). After that, move on to amixer settings.
