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codencrazy

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Registered: 2016-02-09

Posts: 8

[Solved] Sound card numbers started at 3 instead of 0

When I try to load alsamixer, I get the following response:

cannot open mixer: No such file or directory

So I listed out my sound cards, and found that they start at card3 and card4

cat /sys/class/sound/card*
cat: /sys/class/sound/card3: Is a directory
cat: /sys/class/sound/card4: Is a directory

So in order to load alsamixer, I actually have to type alsamixer -c 3; I technically do have 3 more sound cards, that are disabled in Phonon, one for each monitor, and one for the onboard sound card.

How do I either get alsamixer to default to my 3rd card, or how do I remove the other 3 cards altogether?

Last edited by codencrazy (2017-10-24 16:35:24)

V1del

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Re: [Solved] Sound card numbers started at 3 instead of 0

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ad … sound_card