This is my aplay -l output: **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: IXP [ATI IXP], device 0: ATI IXP AC97 [ATI IXP AC97] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: IXP [ATI IXP], device 1: ATI IXP IEC958 [ATI IXP IEC958 (AC97)] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: Device [Generic USB Audio Device], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 I attached my amixer output. It is pretty long. I used the following command: amixer -c 0 > mix.txt Not sure if the attachment made it through. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason White" <jason@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at linux-speakup.org> Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 10:58 PM Subject: Re: restoring alsa defaults > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: mix.txt URL: <http://linux-speakup.org/pipermail/speakup/attachments/20130610/d26ca354/attachment.txt>