defining sound card in xorg.conf

[Yan Seiner]

N ot really; I scrapped my alsa multiseat config for pulseaudio so I no
longer have the scripts.

On Mon, June 18, 2012 11:44 am, StompDagger1 at yahoo.com wrote:
> do you have a reference that might be a good stating point?
>
>  
> An wise Scandinavian old man once said: "in the end, everything is going
> to be alright"
>
>
> ________________________________
>  From: Yan Seiner <yan at seiner.com>
> To: "StompDagger1 at yahoo.com" <stompdagger1 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: linux-service.be bvba <guy at linux-service.be>; "xorg at lists.x.org"
> <xorg at lists.x.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 6:45 PM
> Subject: Re: defining sound card in xorg.conf
>
> You can do something similar with alsa + udev; you just have to create
> fixed device names using udev, and then write a script that sets the
> default alsa device to the appropriate fixed name based on the DISPLAY
> variable.
>
>
> On Mon, June 18, 2012 8:00 am, StompDagger1 at yahoo.com wrote:
>> Thanks for the input but using pulseaudio is not an option.
>>
>>  
>> An wise Scandinavian old man once said: "in the end, everything is going
>> to be alright"
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>>  From: linux-service.be bvba <guy at linux-service.be>
>> To: xorg at lists.x.org
>> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 5:56 PM
>> Subject: Re: defining sound card in xorg.conf
>>
>> 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 "StompDagger1 at yahoo.com" <stompdagger1 at yahoo.com>:
>>> > 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 <giuspen at gmail.com>
>>> >
>>> > To: "StompDagger1 at yahoo.com" <stompdagger1 at yahoo.com>
>>> > Cc: "xorg at lists.freedesktop.org" <xorg at lists.freedesktop.org>
>>> > 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
>>> > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/UsbAudioDevices
>>> >
>>> > 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, StompDagger1 at yahoo.com
>>> > <stompdagger1 at yahoo.com> 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"
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