<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div>Thanks for the input but using pulseaudio is not an option. </div><div> </div><div>An wise Scandinavian old man once said: "in the end, everything is going to be alright" </div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> From: linux-service.be bvba <guy@linux-service.be> To: xorg@lists.x.org Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 5:56 PM Subject: Re: defining sound card in xorg.conf </div> start such script when user is logging in: #!/bin/bash # in order to match a screen-set to a pulseaudio sink : if [ "$DISPLAY" ] then if [ "$DISPLAY" = ":1" ] then sleep 3 pacmd "set-default-sink alsa_output.usb-0d8c_C-Media_USB_Headphone_Set-00-Set_1.analog-stereo" pulseaudio -D fi if [ "$DISPLAY" = ":2" ] then sleep 3 pacmd "set-default-sink alsa_output.usb-0d8c_C-Media_USB_Headphone_Set-00-Set.analog-stereo" pulseaudio -D fi if [ "$DISPLAY" = ":3" ] then sleep 3 pacmd "set-default-sink alsa_output.usb-0d8c_C-Media_USB_Headphone_Set-00-Set_2.analog-stereo" pulseaudio -D fi fi ofcourse edit script with your sound devices and find out where the sound is going to( at which display). Make sure the user's /home/user/.pulse is empty upon login. Enjoy guy > Hi, > Actually it goes out of scope space of X. > You should ask to sound system developers, how i can set default sound > card according to my environment variables with multiple sound cards > on board. > > Here is little outdated link: > http://perso.nnx.com/pludov/sessiond/ > > This tool will replace sound device files like /dev/dsp* with links to > each sound card files > depending of DISPLAY variable. > > Aivils > > Citējot "<a ymailto="mailto:StompDagger1@yahoo.com" href="mailto:StompDagger1@yahoo.com">StompDagger1@yahoo.com</a>" <<a ymailto="mailto:stompdagger1@yahoo.com" href="mailto:stompdagger1@yahoo.com">stompdagger1@yahoo.com</a>>: > > Hello, > > > > Thanks for the replay but I'm not sure how this answers my question. > > using xorg I can "seats", e.g. xorg will run a session limited to a > > specific combination of gpu, screen, keyboard and mouse. > > I just want to add sound card to it. > > > > > > An wise Scandinavian old man once said: "in the end, everything is > > going to be alright" > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: Giuseppe Penone <<a ymailto="mailto:giuspen@gmail.com" href="mailto:giuspen@gmail.com">giuspen@gmail.com</a>> > > > > To: "<a ymailto="mailto:StompDagger1@yahoo.com" href="mailto:StompDagger1@yahoo.com">StompDagger1@yahoo.com</a>" <<a ymailto="mailto:stompdagger1@yahoo.com" href="mailto:stompdagger1@yahoo.com">stompdagger1@yahoo.com</a>> > > Cc: "<a ymailto="mailto:xorg@lists.freedesktop.org" href="mailto:xorg@lists.freedesktop.org">xorg@lists.freedesktop.org</a>" <<a ymailto="mailto:xorg@lists.freedesktop.org" href="mailto:xorg@lists.freedesktop.org">xorg@lists.freedesktop.org</a>> > > Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 9:31 AM > > Subject: Re: defining sound card in xorg.conf > > > > > > for usb audio cards there's a good explanation here > > <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/UsbAudioDevices" target="_blank">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/UsbAudioDevices</a> > > > > anyway to make it simple: > > > > 1) check that your system recognized the usb audio: > > cat/proc/asound/cards > > > > 2) set the desired card as default used: > > sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base > > go to the bottom and change the index of the default card from -2 to 0 > > > > cheers. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 10:54 PM, <a ymailto="mailto:StompDagger1@yahoo.com" href="mailto:StompDagger1@yahoo.com">StompDagger1@yahoo.com</a> > > <<a ymailto="mailto:stompdagger1@yahoo.com" href="mailto:stompdagger1@yahoo.com">stompdagger1@yahoo.com</a>> wrote: > > > > Hello All, > > > >> I'm about to reinstate my 3 way multiseat configuration (2 seats > >> and one for the tv), up until now I didn't used the sound cards but > >> now as I got a usb sound card I want to add sound support. > >> > >> > >> is there a way to define in xorg.conf what sound card will be used > >> by what seat? > >> > >> > >> Thanks. > >> > >> > >> An wise Scandinavian old man once said: "in the end, everything is > >> going to be alright" > >> _______________________________________________ > >> <a ymailto="mailto:xorg@lists.x.org" href="mailto:xorg@lists.x.org">xorg@lists.x.org</a>: X.Org support > >> Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg > >> Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg > >> Your subscription address: <a ymailto="mailto:giuspen@gmail.com" href="mailto:giuspen@gmail.com">giuspen@gmail.com</a> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > <a ymailto="mailto:xorg@lists.x.org" href="mailto:xorg@lists.x.org">xorg@lists.x.org</a>: X.Org support > > Archives: <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg" target="_blank">http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg</a> > > Info: <a href="http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg" target="_blank">http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg</a> > > Your subscription address: <a ymailto="mailto:stompdagger1@yahoo.com" href="mailto:stompdagger1@yahoo.com">stompdagger1@yahoo.com</a> > > _______________________________________________ > <a ymailto="mailto:xorg@lists.x.org" href="mailto:xorg@lists.x.org">xorg@lists.x.org</a>: X.Org support > Archives: <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg" target="_blank">http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg</a> > Info: <a href="http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg" target="_blank">http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg</a> > Your subscription address: <a ymailto="mailto:guy@linux-service.be" href="mailto:guy@linux-service.be">guy@linux-service.be</a> _______________________________________________ <a ymailto="mailto:xorg@lists.x.org" href="mailto:xorg@lists.x.org">xorg@lists.x.org</a>: X.Org support Archives: <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg" target="_blank">http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg</a> Info: <a href="http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg" target="_blank">http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg</a> Your subscription address: <a ymailto="mailto:stompdagger1@yahoo.com" href="mailto:stompdagger1@yahoo.com">stompdagger1@yahoo.com</a> </div> </div> </div></body></html>