[LAU] Multiple sound cards

[Paul Davis]

On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 8:06 PM, Paul Davis <paul at linuxaudiosystems.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 7:14 PM, ailo <ailo.at at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 12/16/2010 12:26 AM, ailo wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Apart from the aplay -L result at the end I got a lot of this:
>>>>
>>>> that's not what we're looking for. it should open ~/.asoundrc
>>>> if it doesn't show with that command, use
>>>>
>>>> strace -e trace=file aplay -L
>>>
>>>
>>
>> How can I make sure editing ~/.asoundrc has any effect?
>
> that is what we were doing. what is the output of:
>
>   ls -l ~/.asoundrc

also, check /etc/share/alsa/alsa.conf for this block of text, or
something very much like it:


@hooks [
	{
		func load
		files [
			"/etc/asound.conf"
			"~/.asoundrc"
		]
		errors false
	}
]

this is how ~/.asoundrc is loaded.