Changeset cebfa20

Timestamp:

02/28/2023 02:56:28 AM (14 months ago)

Author:

Douglas R. Reno <renodr@…>

Branches:

11.3, 12.0, 12.1, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/tuningfonts, lazarus, lxqt, plabs/newcss, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, trunk, xry111/llvm18, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

bef1a58

Parents:

2b5deee

Message:

Add information to alsa-utils on how to set the default sound card.

Most systems have multiple sound cards because of HDMI output, so it
makes sense to have this information now.

Files:

• introduction/welcome/changelog.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• multimedia/libdriv/alsa-utils.xml (modified) (1 diff)

introduction/welcome/changelog.xml

@@ -42 +42 @@
       <para>February 27th, 2023</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[renodr] - Add information to the alsa-utils page about setting
+          the default sound card.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[renodr] - Fix seamonkey crash when playing audio when it is

multimedia/libdriv/alsa-utils.xml

@@ -202 +202 @@
         </para>
       </note>
+
+      <para>
+        On systems which have multiple sound cards, you may need to adjust the
+        default audio device so that you can get output from your speakers.
+        To set the default device, first check the
+        <filename>/proc/asound/cards</filename> file to determine which number
+        you need to set. After you know this information, set the default card
+        with the following command as the
+        <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
+      </para>
+
+<screen role="nodump"><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/asound.conf &lt;&lt; "EOF"
+<literal># Begin /etc/asound.conf
+
+defaults.pcm.card 1
+defaults.ctl.card 1
+
+# End /etc/asound.conf</literal>
+EOF</userinput></screen>
 
     </sect3>