Re: [Alsa-user] dmix/software mixing doesn't work

[Vincent V. (DIEHCO) <ele...@di...>]

>> Don't redefine pcm.default.  Put this into /etc/asound.conf or ~/.asoundrc:
>>
>> defaults.pcm.card PCH
>> defaults.ctl.card PCH
>>
>> Regards,
>> Clemens
>>
> Thanks for the suggestion, however that causes sound to no longer work...
>
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Did you tried simply something like (from my /etc/asound.conf) :

pcm.!default {
     type plug
     slave.pcm "dmix"
}
ctl.!default {
     type hw
     card 0
}

Also before change asound.conf, you can test dmix with command $aplay 
file.wav -Dplug:dmix

Regards,
VV