Hello, I'm using ubuntu karmic 9.10 with 2 sound cards and a webcam listed below : pim at pim:~$ cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [EMU0404 ]: Audigy2 - E-mu 0404b PCI [MAEM8852] E-mu 0404b PCI [MAEM8852] (rev.0, serial:0x40021102) at 0x9f00, irq 19 1 [Intel ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel HDA Intel at 0xfbff8000 irq 22 2 [U0x4710x310 ]: USB-Audio - USB Device 0x471:0x310 USB Device 0x471:0x310 at usb-0000:00:1a.1-1, full speed pim at pim:~$ cat /proc/asound/modules 0 snd_emu10k1 1 snd_hda_intel 2 snd_usb_audio I'd like to use the sound card "EMU0404" as default output device and the Intel sound card as default input device (Line-In as default). I've set-up this in pavucontrol but for some reason, my preferences are not retained after suspend and reboot. I've been searching for 2 days for a solution but I can't find. I'm quite new to linux so I don't know if it's a bug or just a newbie question. To explain things better, I've made some screenshots : http://box10.pulsradio.com/~pim2/pulseaudiout1.png => my settings for output before suspend (default output = SB0404 ==> what I want). These settings seem to be retained after suspend or reboot. http://box10.pulsradio.com/~pim2/pulseaudioin1.png => my settings for input before suspend (default input = Audio intern - Line In= ==> What I want. http://box10.pulsradio.com/~pim2/pulseaudioin2.png => my settings for input after suspend (default input changed to EMU404 - Microphone) This is just an exemple because sometimes after reboot, default input is still Intel but switched to mic-in instead of line-in. Maybe it has nothing to do with this problem but I've edited /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf in order to have always the same order : options snd-emu10k1 index=0 options snd-hda_intel index=1 options snd-usb_audio index=2 Thank you :)