On 2022-05-01, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> The usual fallback is wiki.archlinux.org, but its instructions to >> place the following in /etc/asound.conf or ~/.asoundrc doesn't work: >> >> defaults.pcm.card 1 >> defaults.ctl.card 1 > > wiki.gentoo.org is back, and it says to use something like this in > /etc/asound.conf > or ~/asoundrc: > > defaults.pcm.!card 1 > defaults.pcm.!device 0 > defaults.ctl.!card 1 > > That also does nothing. Using card names as shown at > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/ALSA#Files also does nothing. > > Yes, I'm restarting alsasound after changing /etc/asound.conf
Apparently, restarting alsasound after changing /etc/asound.conf isn't enough. A reboot was required. I never saw that mentioned in any of the half-dozen sources I read about alsa configuration, so I presume it's a personal problem? -- Grant