Re: [gentoo-user] udev 103, alsa dual soundcard problem

[Jason Weisberger]

Dave,

Alsasound init script does not require coldplug.  Remove coldplug, then
recompile your ALSA installation if it complains about it.  Don't forget to
etc-update or dispatch-conf to update the init scripts.  As far as them
loading in reverse order, see the gentoo-wiki for information on forcing
module loading with regard to multiple card setups:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_ALSA_Complete_%28includes_dmix%29#Post-Installation_Configuration

On 11/28/06, Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@××××××××.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 27 Nov 2006, Dave Jones wrote:
>
> > Even worse is that udev seems to discover the sound cards in the reverse
> > order to coldplug.  My Audigy card becomes /dev/dsp1 and the Intel card
> > is /dev/dsp0.
>
> You should be able to force them to get the names you want with a couple
> of sufficiently specific udev rules. The whole point of udev is that this
> sort of policy is up to you, rather than being chosen by the system using
> black magic. Look at the manpage for udev and the rules in
> /etc/udev/rules.d/, and write rules for NAME="sound/dsp0" and
> NAME="sound/dsp1" which match the cards you want to have those names.
>
> > Unfortunately,  Audacious, my music player of choice, doesn't seem to
> > offer any choice of which dsp to use.
>
> Assuming you've emerged audacious-plugins the "alsa" USE flag, go to
> Audacious's preferences, Audio, and select "ALSA 1.2.2 output plugin"
> instead of "OSS Output Plugin", to actually use ALSA natively for it
> (which lets ALSA do software mixing, among other benefits).
>
> In any case, under Audio, Output Plugin Preferences for either of these
> plugins will let you select a card arbitrarily.
>
>         -Daniel
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