[LAU] Please help with audio interfaces that keep changing after reboot

[Geoff King]

> While you can force the order with the proper index=xx incantations in
> modprobe.d/ files, that will fail if the computer is booted with a usb
> sound card attached.

Okay - I tried this way and it did fix my problem, but I have now
removed my changes to be cautious since I have a mix of PCI and USB
stuff.

>
> The proper fix is to not use the index (a number) when addressing the
> card but use the name of the card. That will never change across
> reboots. So, instead of "hw:0" use "hw:NAME" where NAME is what is shown
> between square brackets in the output of cat /proc/asound/cards

This seems to be working fine also and is easier to do without the
need to edit system files.
Thanks.