On Thu, 12.07.07 19:42, Jon Smirl (jonsmirl at gmail.com) wrote: Hi > HAL knows that my > alsa_output.usb_device_471_155_noserial_if0_alsa_playback_0 is a > "Philips PSC805" and that my > alsa_output.pci_device_8086_24d6_alsa_playback_0 is a "Intel ICH5 ALSA > Playback Device". > > Could different HAL names be used instead? You have to discuss this with HAL upstream. We just use these strings to have a unique identifier for each device that stays the same as long as the device is around. We basically just take what HAL gives us. Lennart -- Lennart Poettering Red Hat, Inc. lennart [at] poettering [dot] net ICQ# 11060553 http://0pointer.net/lennart/ GnuPG 0x1A015CC4
