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raginaot

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Registered: 2010-11-22

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[SOLVED]How to set default audio playback device?

I have an X-fi forte soundcard that doesn't work on linux, so I'm just gonna use the onboard realtek chip, but I get no sound from that either unless I physically remove the X-fi card.
I use the X-fi when I boot into windows though, so I'd like to keep it...

How do I change the default playback device?

I didn't find anything that worked in the wiki or with google.

Last edited by raginaot (2010-12-05 04:30:21)

anonymous_user

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Registered: 2009-08-28

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Re: [SOLVED]How to set default audio playback device?

Did you try this:

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

raginaot

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Registered: 2010-11-22

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Re: [SOLVED]How to set default audio playback device?

Did you try this:

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

I just did, but I think I may have done it wrong.

I put

options snd_hda_intel index=0

in modprobe.conf (this is the only line in the file now

but now it looks like the onboard chip doesn't exist
It doesn't show up in alsamixer or with aplay -
:S

anonymous_user

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Re: [SOLVED]How to set default audio playback device?

Try the second method "In User Space".

raginaot

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Registered: 2010-11-22

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Re: [SOLVED]How to set default audio playback device?

Try the second method "In User Space".

I tried adding

defaults.ctl.card 1
defaults.pcm.card 1

to .asoundrc, hda_intel was card 1
but there's still no sound, which was expected, since the onboard sound driver doesn't seem to be loaded after I changed modprobe.conf

Is there any way to let alsa reconfigure it self back to defaults so I can try again?

raginaot

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Registered: 2010-11-22

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Re: [SOLVED]How to set default audio playback device?

oh wait... I just spotted this in the wiki guide, a little too late

NB: Some modules do not support indexing options eg. snd-hda-intel. If you experience problems on reboot edit /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf to just have the modules.

what does that mean "edit /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf to just have the modules.".... what modules? :S
should I just remove "index=0" from the line?

Edit: yes I should. It's working
Thx man

Last edited by raginaot (2010-12-05 04:29:52)