On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Colin Guthrie <gmane at colin.guthr.ie> wrote:
> Does Ubuntu use the alsa provided init db ("alsactl init 0" - where 0 is
> card number IIRC) or it's own system? I seem to recall it had it's own
> system at some point, but not really sure (either if I'm remembering
> correctly or if it's still used). Perhaps alsactl init 0 will help?
10.04 LTS and earlier use a crufty distro-maintained version. 10.10
and newer will use the init db (though we still have to figure out how
to differentiate the massively poor '{Audigy,SB Live} Analog/Digital
Output' mess, among others).
alsactl init is most definitely the way to go.
Best,
-Dan
