On 8/19/2019 4:55 PM, Keith Barrett wrote: > > > On 18/08/2019 21:08, Samuel Thibault wrote: >> Keith Barrett, le dim. 18 août 2019 20:30:50 +0100, a ecrit: >>> On 18/08/2019 18:12, Samuel Thibault wrote: >>>> Keith Barrett, le sam. 17 août 2019 13:41:14 +0100, a ecrit: >>>>> There are two sound cards in the system but only one was detected >>>>> when I >>>>> installed buster. >>>>> >>>>> When the system starts, the card ordering is not reliable so on >>>>> occasions >>>>> the non working asus card is card 0 hence producing no speech output. >>>> >>>> I'm surprised: what ALSA_CARD do you have in /etc/default/espeakup? >>> >>> Interesting, I have not modified /etc/default/espeakup but it does >>> not seem >>> to specify a card: >>> >>> ALSA_CARD="" >> >> Oh? were you installing with speakup enabled during installation? > > Yes I was so I am not sure why a default card was not written to > /etc/default/espeakup unless it was because the installer only detected > one of the cards? > >> >>>>> Is this known and how can I force the onboard card to be always >>>>> card 0? >>>> >>>> Normally the installer uses named identifiers instead of numbered >>>> identifiers: in /proc/asounc/cards you can find e.g. >>> Here is /proc/asound/cards >>> >>> 0 [MID ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel MID >>> HDA Intel MID at 0xfbff8000 irq 31 >>> 1 [DGX ]: CMI8786 - Xonar DGX >>> C-Media Oxygen HD Audio at 0xce00, irq 19 >>> I am not sure that this order is retained when it boots in the >>> non-working >>> state. >> >> That's where specifying either MID or DGX instead of 0/1 allows to avoid >> relying on the ordering. > OK, thank you, so do I just need to specify in /etc/default/espeakup or > should it be somewhere else? >
The file '/etc/default/espeakup' is a safe bet. -- John Doe
