[LAU] Using logical ALSA device names with qjackctl

[James Warden]

--- On Sat, 6/4/11, Fons Adriaensen <fons at linuxaudio.org> wrote:

> From: Fons Adriaensen <fons at linuxaudio.org>
> Subject: [LAU] Using logical ALSA device names with qjackctl
> To: "Linux Audio Users" <linux-audio-user at lists.linuxaudio.org>
> Date: Saturday, June 4, 2011, 6:14 PM
> Hello all,
> 
> Is there any way to use logical device nammes instead of
> 'hw:a.b' when setting up Qjackctl ? It seems like the
> easiest way to deal with hw device numbers changing on
> each boot, but I haven't found a way to do it. 
> Editing ~/.jackdrc doesn't work, it just gets overwritten
> with the (wrong) hw device names (and I wonder why this
> is done).
> 
> Ciao,
> 

In the setup window, Interface field, just use "hw:device_name". I use hw:DSP in my case. No card re-indexing issue whatsoever after reboots. 

J.