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On Sun, 2008-02-24 at 11:34 -0800, Grant wrote: |
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> > > I have a USB sound card and an internal sound card in my laptop. Is |
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> > > there a way to switch between them while the system is booted? Is |
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> > > module loading/unloading via modprobe the best way to do it? |
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> > > |
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> > > - Grant |
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> > > -- |
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> > > gentoo-user@l.g.o mailing list |
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> > > |
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> > Why switch between them when you can use them both at the same time as |
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> > hw:0 and hw:1? |
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> Thanks Mark. After studying your config, here is mine: |
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> alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel |
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> options snd-hda-intel index=1 |
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> options snd-hda-intel model=acer |
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> alias snd-card-1 snd-usb-audio |
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> options snd-usb-audio index=0 |
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> alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 |
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> alias sound-slot-1 snd-card-1 |
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> alias /dev/mixer snd-mixer-oss |
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> alias /dev/dsp snd-pcm-oss |
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> alias /dev/midi snd-seq-oss |
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> options snd cards_limit=2 |
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> I get sound from the USB card but not from the internal card |
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> (snd-hda-intel). How can I tell the system to turn off the USB card |
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> and turn on the internal card? |
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> - Grant |
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You might want to take a look at the new pulseaudio daemon. I don't use |
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it but as far as I know it's perfect for complex setups like yours. |
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Think of it as a (transparent, if necessary) layer between your software |
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and alsa. It should be easier to reconfigure than alsa. |
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You could use it (or the older the older jack daemon) to send audio to |
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both devices. |
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