I just have pulseaudio and alsa configured to route all the sound to all the devices, so it doesn't matter which one has my headphones plugged in.. seems like a simpler solution?
On 18 December 2013 00:31, Russell Coker <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a new Dell PowerEdge T110 workstation to replace the old T105. Both of > them lack any proper sound hardware so I've got USB speakers. > > Some time in the process of replacing the system or the monitor (which is a > USB hub and thus changes USB device assignment) sound stopped working in KDE. > It seems that the main problem is that there is some sort of sound hardware > detected on the motherboard (maybe the built in PC speaker) which causes the > real sound hardware to be registered as ALSA device 1. > > So far the only way I've discovered to make things work is to make the > following sym-links to make the USB sound hardware be device 0. > > # ls -l /dev/snd > total 0 > drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 60 Dec 9 20:49 by-id > drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 80 Dec 9 20:49 by-path > lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 9 Dec 18 00:05 controlC0 -> controlC1 > crw-rw---T. 1 root audio 116, 3 Dec 9 20:49 controlC1 > crw-rw---T. 1 root audio 116, 5 Dec 9 20:49 hwC0D0 > lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 8 Dec 18 00:09 pcmC0D0p -> pcmC1D0p > crw-rw---T. 1 root audio 116, 4 Dec 9 20:49 pcmC0D3p > crw-rw---T. 1 root audio 116, 2 Dec 18 00:09 pcmC1D0p > crw-rw---T. 1 root audio 116, 1 Dec 9 20:49 seq > crw-rw---T. 1 root audio 116, 33 Dec 9 20:49 timer > > Is there a way that I can reserve device 0 for the USB device? It needs to be > reserved because the motherboard hardware is detected before the USB bus is > scanned - if the monitor is even turned on when the system is booted. > > Is there a way I can make the system just ignore the motherboard device and > have only 1 ALSA card? There's only one thing that can ever be useful so it > seems best to make it the only recognised card in the system. > > Thanks > > -- > My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ > My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ > > _______________________________________________ > luv-main mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main -- Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer Things fall apart; the center cannot hold Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list [email protected] http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main
