alsa-utils missing asoundconf in Karmic

Susan Cragin · Post by **Susan Cragin** » Wed May 13, 2009 8:38 pm

Asoundconf has been my preferred method of changing my default card, to use wine outside pulseaudio.
However, Asoundconf has been removed in karmic, in anticipation of the new GNOME volume control + pulse configuration.
Now, if we need asoundconf, we must download alsa-utils from jaunty, and extract asoundconf from that.

For further info see this bug.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/376024

3vi1 · Post by **3vi1** » Thu May 14, 2009 6:56 am

I've never used asoundconf, I just edit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf. Add the two drivers there, with an index of 0 for the primary and 1 for the secondary.

Susan Cragin · Post by **Susan Cragin** » Thu May 14, 2009 7:43 am

I've never used asoundconf, I just edit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf. Add the two drivers there, with an index of 0 for the primary and 1 for the secondary.

That's why I like(d) asoundconf.
A simple command tells you what cards you have:

asoundconf list

and then you just pick from the list and say:

asoundconf set-default-card [name of card]

Works great and tells you what cards you have and you don't have to edit files.