I should add that the workaround above does, um, something to the other problem as well. After using it, it seems it's possible to change to card without reboot, but not back again. Sometimes it's random: sometimes the card changes only after playing a couple of files, for example.
-- Default sound card selection doesn't work properly or without reboot https://launchpad.net/bugs/71994 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
