Switching Soundcards in Lubuntu 10.10
I just installed Lubuntu 10.10 and I've come across a little snag. I've been trying to figure out how to switch between the sound cards I have and it'd driving me nuts. Something this simple shouldn't be difficult. I have 1 sound card and 1 USB headset. I want to be able to switch between the two.
I've tried asoundconf-gtk and that no longer works Code:
alex@Kerberos2:/usr/bin$ asoundconf-gtk There is no GUI interface that comes with Lubuntu to change the default sound card. |
Does alsamixer do anything for you?
Open a terminal and type sudo alsamixer |
That was the first thing I tried. It doesn't allow you to set a default output device. Only change the volumes and such.
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Does alsamixer show both sound cards and volume controls for such? Is one card not working at all? Sometimes its just a matter of muting channels you do not want or need.
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Yes. Both devices are visible in alsamixer.
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I followed the instructions here to set the default automatically when plugging/unplugging:
http://www.jordswart.org/archives/63 Works for me (using Debian Sid). |
you can also get the asoundconf binary out of the alsa trunk.
Afaik it has been removed because they want to make you use pulseaudio. |
im having the same problem, but i do not know how to create config files, as per what i believe the instructinos are in the link of the second to last post
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You can see various ways of selecting a sound card in the documentation for Debian, Arch, and Gentoo. There is no guarantee that any will work in Ubuntu; at least, I've never succeeded. Good distros have a GUI configuration tool like gnome-volume-control. If that's not in the Ubuntu repository, maybe it's time to switch to Mint, Pinguy, or Solus...
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