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jmak

Member

Registered: 2008-12-21

Posts: 453

Multiple sound cards problem [Solved]

Hello,

I'm very frustrated with multiple sound cards. I read the wiki but I cannot follow it.

My system chosing usb camera as my default that I dont even use. Alsa mixer showing only one bar.

Can anyone help me how to fix this?

Here is some data:

[mak@myhost ~]$ aplay -l

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****

card 1: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC883 Analog [ALC883 Analog]

  Subdevices: 1/1

  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

card 1: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 1: ALC883 Digital [ALC883 Digital]

  Subdevices: 1/1

  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

card 2: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]

  Subdevices: 1/1

  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

[mak@myhost ~]$ 


[root@myhost mak]# ls -l /sys/module/snd/holders

total 0

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Aug  8 21:33 snd_hda_codec -> ../../snd_hda_codec

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Aug  8 21:33 snd_hda_codec_hdmi -> ../../snd_hda_codec_hdmi

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Aug  8 21:33 snd_hda_codec_realtek -> ../../snd_hda_codec_realtek

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Aug  8 21:33 snd_hda_intel -> ../../snd_hda_intel

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Aug  8 21:33 snd_hwdep -> ../../snd_hwdep

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Aug  8 21:33 snd_pcm -> ../../snd_pcm

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Aug  8 21:33 snd_rawmidi -> ../../snd_rawmidi

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Aug  8 21:33 snd_seq_device -> ../../snd_seq_device

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Aug  8 21:33 snd_timer -> ../../snd_timer

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Aug  8 21:33 snd_usb_audio -> ../../snd_usb_audio

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Aug  8 21:33 snd_usbmidi_lib -> ../../snd_usbmidi_lib

[root@myhost mak]# 


[root@myhost mak]#  ls -l /dev/snd

total 0

drwxr-xr-x  2 root root       60 Aug  8 21:20 by-id

drwxr-xr-x  2 root root      100 Aug  8 21:20 by-path

crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 13 Aug  8 21:20 controlC0

crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116,  8 Aug  8 21:20 controlC1

crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 11 Aug  8 21:20 controlC2

crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116,  7 Aug  8 21:20 hwC1D0

crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 10 Aug  8 21:20 hwC2D0

crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 12 Aug  8 21:30 pcmC0D0c

crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116,  6 Aug  8 22:18 pcmC1D0c

crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116,  5 Aug  8 21:43 pcmC1D0p

crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116,  4 Aug  8 21:30 pcmC1D1c

crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116,  3 Aug  8 21:30 pcmC1D1p

crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116,  2 Aug  8 21:20 pcmC1D2c

crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116,  9 Aug  8 21:30 pcmC2D3p

crw-rw----  1 root audio 116,  1 Aug  8 21:20 seq

crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 33 Aug  8 21:20 timer

[root@myhost mak]# 

Thanks,

jmak

Last edited by jmak (2011-08-09 20:28:06)

Markus00000

Member

Registered: 2011-03-27

Posts: 318

Re: Multiple sound cards problem [Solved]

In

/etc/modprobe.d/alsa.conf

I put

options snd-hda-intel index=0
options snd-usb-audio index=1

If you give your default sound card index 0 and your USB camera a higher index, it might work.

jmak

Member

Registered: 2008-12-21

Posts: 453

Re: Multiple sound cards problem [Solved]

In

/etc/modprobe.d/alsa.conf

I put

options snd-hda-intel index=0
options snd-usb-audio index=1

If you give your default sound card index 0 and your USB camera a higher index, it might work.

Thanks a lot. This indeed solved the problem.

jmak