On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 02:06:21PM -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > On 03/11/2017 01:42 PM, Dan Ritter wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 09:39:11AM -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > aplay -L should give you a list of possible outputs, one of > > which you can then feed to speaker-test via -D to test. > > > > Then you can set this in /etc/asound.conf as a default. Mine > > says > > > > defaults.pcm.card 0 > > defaults.pcm.device 3 > > defaults.ctl.card 0 > > > > -dsr- > > > > > Thanks for the reply. I had pretty well convinced myself that it's a > software problem, and therein lies the rub (or, rather a very high degree > of entropy (mixedupness)). > > Here is what might be the applicable portion on the output from aplay -L: > > sysdefault:CARD=SB > HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog > Default Audio Device > front:CARD=SB,DEV=0 > HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog > Front speakers > surround21:CARD=SB,DEV=0 > HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog > 2.1 Surround output to Front and Subwoofer speakers > surround40:CARD=SB,DEV=0 > HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog > 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers > surround41:CARD=SB,DEV=0 > HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog > 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers > surround50:CARD=SB,DEV=0 > HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog > 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers > surround51:CARD=SB,DEV=0 > HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog > 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers > surround71:CARD=SB,DEV=0 > HDA ATI SB, ALC887-VD Analog > 7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
I would try speaker-test -D front and see if that comes out the right device. -dsr-
