Re: [Alsa-user] ALSA can only use default - Not hw:0,0 hw1,0 etc.

[James Courtier-D. <Ja...@su...>]

Johan Spee wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have Debian Etch on an ASUS P5B system with an onboard sound-card (hda-intel) and a Terratec Phase 22 card in a PCI slot (ice1724).
> I have added the following lines to /etc/modprobe.d/sound :
> alias snd-card-0 snd-ice1724
> options snd-ice1724 index=0
> alias snd-card-1 snd-hda-intel
> options snd-hda-intel index=1
> ..consequently the Phase 22 (ice1724) is the default card.
>
> My problem is that 'default' is the only card I can use with ALSA. A command like 'aplay -D hw:0,0 test.wav' results in an error. I cannot direct sound from any program to a card of my choice. When I set up MPD to use hw:0,0 or hw:1,0 the program does not play any music at all.
>
>   
Please refer to
https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/wiki/wikka.php?wakka=DeviceNames