Tried that. No joy. Actually, names are less reliable than the hw:X (or plughw:X) designations. Note this is a problem when there's more than one USB sound device. I've not seen the problem apart from USB sound. John Covici writes: > I think you can use names instead of numbers, maybe a different > variable in your asoundrc. > > On Wed, 07 Sep 2016 13:31:28 -0400, > Janina Sajka wrote: > > > > It was a great suggestion, Chris. Unfortunately, it seems there's yet > > another bug in how alsa handles usb devices. > > > > I have 2 usb devices. No matter how I specify things, the card that gets > > invoked is the first of those two. > > > > Now, if I were really clever, I suppose I'd know how to write udev rules > > to insure that the Sennheiser gets a lower card ID than the C-Media > > device. This really should be an exact science, but my experience says > > it's anything but. > > > > Sigh. > > > > Janina > > > > Chris Brannon writes: > > > Janina Sajka <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > > > > > Hi, All: > > > > > > > > If you use Linphone on Arch, beware. The latest release built 31 August > > > > introduced what for me is a showstopper bug. I'm referring to > > > > Linphone-3.10.2-1. > > > > > > Hi Janina, > > > I think I might have a solution for you. > > > The only reason this will work is that you are using the headset for all > > > three functions: ringer, playback, and capture. If you needed something > > > fancier, this falls flat. > > > You can set a specific default card for a given application using the > > > ALSA_CARD environment variable. > > > For instance, > > > ALSA_CARD=Headset espeak 'Hello there.' > > > should cause espeak to speak the string through your headset. > > > So try setting ALSA_CARD when starting linphone. > > > > > > Now there's another problem in that Linphone seems to want to use > > > pulseaudio for the default sound output. Can't help you with that one. > > > Maybe the config file would at least let you specify alsa rather than > > > pulse? > > > > > > -- Chris > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 > > sip:janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Email: janina@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Linux Foundation Fellow > > Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org > > > > The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) > > Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: > How do > you spend it? > > John Covici > covici@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 sip:janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Email: janina@xxxxxxxxxxx Linux Foundation Fellow Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
