I'm very new to Linux and I've tried to solve this problem without success:

Slackware 10.0 detected 2 soundcards:

no.0 - bt878 (TV Tuner), and
no.1 - Audigy2

I suppose KDE uses as default the sound card no.0 since I have no sound.

How can I reverse that order?

Thank you !!!

First make sure that KDE actually IS using the tuner card. You mentioned being new at this, so maybe you need to run alsamixer first to unmute the sound?

Yes, just to extend on what MarsDude said, try

$ alsamixer -c 1

This should bring up the mixer settings for your sound card. Press <spacebar> to unmute the right channels and up and down to change volumes.

Thanks for your replies .

Using alsamixer was one of the solutions I've tried before posting this subject.

Comparing to Slackware 10.0, the Slackware 9.1 distro assigned the "0" position for my Audigy soundcard and back then the sound was just fine.
Now, Slackware 10.0 reversed the assignments and I ended up with bt787(TV Tuner) being the first card (i.e. "0").

So, using
$ alsamixer -c 1
although I could tune the settings for the Audigy soundcard, it didn't do anything to hear any sound in KDE.

Anyway, today I just pulled out the TV Tuner card trying one last desperate solution.
And it worked !!!
Now Audigy is the no. "0" card and even the 5.1 sound is ok.

So, the problem is rather solved now, but it's annoying to pull out and put the TV Tuner card back in when switching to Windows.

I only imagine that if I could just reverse that soundcard order by modifying some .conf file, the problem will be solved elegantly .

I have this same problem, and reading ur post reminded me that I'm having it since I have a tvtuner card in. I had forgotten that I had installed it awhile ago. Is there a way to change the order still tho? I would like to have both in, yet it use my onboard sound by defualt.

I don't have any specifics, but I've read it's possible by modifying .asoundrc

Personally, I just don't load the bttv sound module ;)

Unfortunately I couldn't find the ".asoundrc". Was it supposed to be somewhere or should I make it by using a certain command?

And what file should I modify in order not to load the bttv module?

.asoundrc is a per user file that you create in your home directory.

To create it, just run your favourite text editor:

vim ~/.asoundrc

Further reading is available on asoundrc

Hi!


KDE/Alsa uses /dev/dsp as sound device. It seems /dev/dsp0 is your tv card and /dev/dsp1 your sound card. Normally /dev/dsp is a link to /dev/dsp0. Try to link /dev/dsp to /dev/dsp1 or use in 'KDE Control Center / Sound & Multimedia / Sound-System/ Hardware [Tab] / Override device location' the appropriate device (eg. /dev/dsp1).

See the answer to my bug report to alsa at: https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/al...bug_id=0000359

options snd-ens1371 index=0
options snd-bt87x index=1

works for me, many thanks.

Yes!!!!! That was it.

Adding to the "modules.conf":

options snd-emu10k1 index=0
options snd-bt87x index=1

worked for me too.

Thanks to all who posted solutions, especially davidsrsb .