> On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 16:18:54 -0600 > Reg Clemens <reg@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > OK, this was working but it has stopped. > > > > For a long time videos on CNN had never worked. > > Then, several weeks ago they started working. > > And then several weeks more and the AUDIO stopped but the video was > > fine. > > > > For some reason, today I decided to go to jibjab, and lo, the same > > behaviour. I see the video, but no audio. Now this has ALWAYS worked. > > > > And my suspision is that I have a built in sound card (intel) on the > > motherboard, > > and add on sound card (sound blaster) and the jibjab (and probably > > the CNN) are connecting to the WRONG ONE (the intel). > > > > Changing the connection to the other output, and lo I have audio. > > > > So how do I tell the world which is the default sound card? > > Or how do I tell individual programs what is the default sound card? > > I dont see anything in jibjab nor in the netscape that it is running > > in Mumph. > > Grump. > You need to add something like the following to your /etc/modprobe.conf > file. > > alias snd-card-0 snd-emu10k1 > options snd-card-0 index=0 > options snd-emu10k1 index=0 > alias snd-card-1 snd-usb-audio > options snd-usb-audio index=1 > > This is telling the kernel to place the sound cards in specific order. > You will have to change the sound cards above to reflect yours. The 0 > card is the default. > OK, I canwill add what you suggest: alias snd-card-0 snd-ca0106 options snd-card-0 index=0 options snd-ca0106 index=0 alias snd-card-1 snd-hda-intel options snd-card-1 index=1 options snd-hda-intel index=1 here is what is already there, should I modify it in any way (or delete parts of it?) options snd cards_limit=8 alias snd-card-0 None options None index=0 alias snd-card-1 None options None index=1 alias snd-card-7 snd-usb-audio options snd-usb-audio index=7 and where is this explained? -- Reg.Clemens reg@xxxxxxx