Asoundconf has been my preferred method of changing my default card, to use wine outside pulseaudio. However, Asoundconf has been removed in karmic, in anticipation of the new GNOME volume control + pulse configuration. Now, if we need asoundconf, we must download alsa-utils from jaunty, and extract asoundconf from that. For further info see this bug. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/376024
I've never used asoundconf, I just edit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf. Add the two drivers there, with an index of 0 for the primary and 1 for the secondary.
>I've never used asoundconf, I just edit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf. Add the two drivers there, with an index of 0 for the primary and 1 for the secondary.That's why I like(d) asoundconf. A simple command tells you what cards you have: asoundconf list and then you just pick from the list and say: asoundconf set-default-card [name of card] Works great and tells you what cards you have and you don't have to edit files.