[PlanetCCRMA] Reordering Sound Cards

[Mark Knecht]

Hi Janina,
   Very glad it worked. Have fun!
- Mark

On 7/8/05, Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net> wrote:
> Just sent you a thank you note, because your email did help get my card
> reordering figured out.
> 
> But, in my insufficient attention to detail, I responded to a different
> message from you. Sorry about that! Apologies mostly to the other list,
> I guess.
> 
> 
> Mark Knecht writes:
> > I forgot I actually do have one machine that sets up two devices:
> >
> > # ALSA portion
> > alias char-major-116 snd
> > # OSS/Free portion
> > alias char-major-14 soundcore
> >
> > ##
> > ## IMPORTANT:
> > ## You need to customise this section for your specific sound card(s)
> > ## and then run `update-modules' command.
> > ## Read alsa-driver's INSTALL file in /usr/share/doc for more info.
> > ##
> > ##  ALSA portion
> > alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
> > options snd-intel8x0 index=0
> >
> > alias snd-card-1 snd-usb-audio
> > options snd-usb-audio index=1
> >
> > ##  OSS/Free portion
> > alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
> > alias sound-slot-1 snd-card-1
> > ##
> >
> > # OSS/Free portion - card #1
> > alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
> > alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
> > alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
> > alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
> > alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
> > ##  OSS/Free portion - card #2
> > alias sound-service-1-0 snd-mixer-oss
> > alias sound-service-1-3 snd-pcm-oss
> > alias sound-service-1-12 snd-pcm-oss
> >
> > alias /dev/mixer snd-mixer-oss
> > alias /dev/dsp snd-pcm-oss
> > alias /dev/midi snd-seq-oss
> >
> > # Set this to the correct number of cards.
> > options snd cards_limit=2
> > mark@dragonfly ~ $
> >
> > On 7/6/05, Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net> wrote:
> > > Can anyone advise on how best to rearrange the order of multiple sound
> > > cards in an FC4 system?
> > >
> > > I am trying to setup a pretty snappy P4 box for audio work. It has an on
> > > board Intel 8X0 and I've plopped my HDSP Multiface's PCI interface card
> > > inside. The FC4 installation set the HDSP up as card 0, and the onboard
> > > Intel as card 1. Well, that's the opposite of what I want, but just
> > > switching the designations in /etc/modprobe.conf doesn't do the trick.
> > >
> > > I can successfully:
> > >
> > > aplay -D hw:0,0
> > >
> > > to play to the Intel. But aplay all alone just gives me an error.
> > >
> > > My reasoning for keeping the 8X0 in the systemis to have it grab all the audio by default, such as
> > > my software TTS speech interface on the GUI, etc. In particular I would
> > > not want my screen reader audio events intermixed with my
> > > compositions/performances.
> > >
> > > Should I physically move my HDSP PCI interface to another slot and run
> > > Kudzu? What's the best way to get Fedora to reorder these devices?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance for all advice on this.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Chair, Accessibility Workgroup          Free Standards Group (FSG)
> > > janina@freestandards.org                http://a11y.org
> > >
> > > Janina Sajka                            Phone: +1.202.494.7040
> > > Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC      http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com
> > >
> > > Bringing the Owasys 22C screenless cell phone to the U.S. and Canada. Go to http://www.ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more.
> > >
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> 
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> 
> Janina Sajka                            Phone: +1.202.494.7040
> Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC      http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com
> Bringing the Owasys 22C screenless cell phone to the U.S. and Canada. Go to http://www.ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more.
> 
> Chair, Accessibility Workgroup          Free Standards Group (FSG)
> janina@freestandards.org                http://a11y.org
>