Re: sound card ordering

[Keith Barrett <lists@barrettpianos.co.uk>]

On 23/08/2019 17:45, Keith Barrett wrote:
> On 23/08/2019 17:13, Didier Spaier wrote:
> > Helo,
> >
> > On 23/08/2019 17:35, Keith Barrett wrote:
> > > On 23/08/2019 00:08, Didier Spaier wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > Just to be sure, please attach /etc/modprobe.d/soundcards.conf to 
> > > > your next post
> > >
> > > OK, here it is:
> > >
> > > options <intel_hda> index=0
> > > options <snd_oxygen> index=1
> >
> > It should be:
> >
> > options snd_hda_intel index=0
> > options snd_oxygen index=1
>
> Thank you, I have made the change but still the order is random.
>
> Should I add the lines to /etc/modprobe.d/local.conf which already exists?

I know I might be going off track here but, it seems that the file 
/etc/modprobe.d/local.conf is not doing anything either.
That file contains the line
options speakup synth=soft
and was created by the debian installer.

However, commenting the line out, and speakup still starts so the soft 
synth module must be being loaded from somewhere else.

I now have the second sound card working so by plugging the speakers in 
to the other card, I can still get speech but it would be nice to have 
this working properly.




> Only other thing I can think of is whether the /etc/modprobe.d directory 
> is being overridden by some files in another place.
>
> I do appreciate your taking the trouble to help with this, thank you again!
>
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Didier
> >
> > > > And type as root:
> > > > chmod 644 /etc/modprobe.d/soundcards.conf
> > > > although it has probably these permissions already.tried that but no 
> > > > change.
> > >
> > > One more thought, can there be more than one .conf file in 
> > > /etc/modprobe.d as I have one called local.conf as well which loads 
> > > the speakup_soft module?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > Best,
> > > >
> > > > Didier
> > > >
> > > > On 22/08/2019 23:05, Keith Barrett wrote:
> > > > > On 21/08/2019 19:10, Didier Spaier wrote:
> > > > > > Hello,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > replying in line (this also answers your more recent private email):
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 20/08/2019 23:23, Keith Barrett wrote:
> > > > > > > So I have now specified MID in /etc/default/espeakup and that 
> > > > > > > does cause espeakup to start with speech each time the system boots.
> > > > > > > However, the card ordering is still very random which means that 
> > > > > > > although espeakup is always working, if the cards load so that 
> > > > > > > MID is not 0, I get no other system sounds and orca does not work 
> > > > > > > in the gui.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > So, I suppose what I should be trying to achieve is to cause the 
> > > > > > > sound cards to retain their correct numbering so that all sound 
> > > > > > > works following a reboot.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > To do this, type:
> > > > > > cat /proc/asound/modules
> > > > > 0 snd_oxygen
> > > > > 1 snd_hda_intel
> > > > >
> > > > > > You will probably get two lines in the output (one for each card), 
> > > > > > with
> > > > > > the card number on the left an the associated kernel module name 
> > > > > > on the
> > > > > > right of each line.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Just create a file as root a file /etc/modprobe.d/soundcards.conf 
> > > > > > with
> > > > > > two lines:
> > > > >
> > > > > > options <first module name> index=0
> > > > > > options <second module name> index=1
> > > > > >
> > > > > > replacing <first module name> by the name of the module for the 
> > > > > > card you
> > > > > > want to be loaded first and <second module name> by the other card's
> > > > > > module name, both spelled exactly as in the output of:
> > > > > > cat /proc/asound/modules.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > This way, the cards' order will stay the same across reboots.
> > > > > Unfortunately, this has not worked, I have created 
> > > > > /etc/modprobe.d/soundcards.conf but there has been no change.
> > > > >
> > > > > The only thing I can think of it whether I may need to change the 
> > > > > permissions of soundcards.conf?
> > > > > Thank you for your help, it is appreciated.
> > > > >
> > > > > > Best,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Didier
> > > > > >
> > > > > > PS the name of the file in /etc/modprobe.d doesn't matter, but it
> > > > > > has to end in .conf