ALSA with Multiple Sound Cards
I've set up a mix of testing and unstable on my desktop PC finally. I
have two SoundBlaster Live! Value cards. They both work in Windows
2000, and with several clicks I can change the default card for output
so I can easily switch between headphone and speaker output.
I have kernel 2.6.10 set up with ALSA. I can play sound, but only
through one card, which isn't the one I want as the default. The info
utilities I've looked at show that both cards are detected, one as card
0 and one as card 1.
I spent quite some time yesterday looking for information on how to set
the default card in ALSA. I found a way that is supposed to do it,
setting some things in /etc/asound.conf and/or ~/.asoundrc (I think
that's the second one).
However, neither of these files seem to exist in Debian.
Is there a way to do it in Debian? Has anyone else done it before? I'm
considering installing Ubuntu (for this and other reasons, like
bootsplash and easier automounting), but I'd like to get it working in
Debian.
Thanks for any help.
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