*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 31699 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/31699
Here's the breakdown: defaults.pcm.card and defaults.ctl.card can be
strings (as ``asoundconf list'', in which case the ! is required) or
integers (in which case the ! shouldn't appear). Currently gnome-
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 31699 ***
I had similar problems. My problem was that gnome-sound-properties
didn't start esd. I got following output:
ALSA lib confmisc.c:1107:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition
'defaults.pcm.card'
ALSA lib conf.c:3493:(_snd_config_evaluate) function