tsalsa info Thu Oct 25 19:27:57 CDT 2007 Problem: ALSA does not keep track of the default card. ALSA tools fail when no card is specified in parameters. Desktop: MSI NEO-64bitAMD plugs: 3 surround sound system: n model options: n number of speakers... 1 Distro: Ubuntu 7.10 \n \lDISTRIB_ID=UbuntuDISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 7.10" Release: lsb-release System: Linux salamander 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 21:45:15 GMT 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux Vendor/dev id: 1013 6003 Vendor/dev module: alias pci:v00001013d00006003sv*sd*bc*sc*i* snd_cs46xx Vendor/device: 1013:6003 Subsystem: Voyetra Technologies Santa Cruz Lspci info: 00:07.0 Multimedia audio controller: Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24/30 [CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] (rev 01) Alsa driver: 1.0.14 Alsa lib: Alsa utils: 1.0.14 Alsa modules: snd_cs46xx snd_usb_audio Snd/soundcore: snd 69288 14 snd_cs46xx snd_usb_audio snd_pcm_oss snd_ac97_codec snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_seq_oss snd_rawmidi snd_hwdep snd_seq snd_timer snd_seq_device soundcore 10272 1 snd Alsa cards: 0 [CS46xx ]: CS46xx - Sound Fusion CS46xx Sound Fusion CS46xx at 0xcfffb000/0xcfe00000, irq 18 1 [NX ]: USB-Audio - SB Audigy 2 NX Creative Technology Ltd SB Audigy 2 NX at usb-0000:00:10.4-1, high speed Codec: 0-0/0: Cirrus Logic CS4297A rev 4 PCI Subsys Vendor: 0x0000 PCI Subsys Device: 0x0000 Asoundrc: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 187 2007-07-08 17:34 /home/mmm/.asoundrc Lsof output: COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME mixer_app 5519 mmm 19u CHR 116,14 14985 /dev/snd/controlC0 cardcnt: 0 1 Amixer item options for card 0 [CS46xx] _________________________________ : values=off 'PCM Out Path