terryc said on Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:51:11 +1000

>You can fix this by specifying Card 1 as default in (system)
>/etc/asound.conf or (user) ~/.asoundrc

Kiss of death==========>    ^^^^^^^^^^^

My research tells me that anything you do with ~/.asoundrc turns out
counterproductive, and life is better if it doesn't exist.

I have no ~/.asoundrc . I use my USB audio ever since the jacks on the
built-in sound card went bad. Every time I boot, the USB sound card is
a different card number, but everything is taken in stride. Here is my
/etc/asound.conf , straight from the Void factory (I think):

==========================================================
# Use pulseaudio by default
pcm.!default {
  type pulse
  fallback "sysdefault"
  hint {
    show on
    description "Default ALSA Output (currently PulseAudio Sound Server)"
  }
}

ctl.!default {
type pulse
fallback "sysdefault"
}

# vim:set ft=alsaconf:
==========================================================

SteveT

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