2 Sound Cards OK now

[gmlinux]

I have my AC97 on-board sound and it is the default.
I also have a Sound Blaster
How can I reverse their status and make the Sound Blaster the default?

[nixer]

I would go into the BIOS and disable the onboard sound.  Then see if linux will find it.

[gmlinux]

Yes that works, but if I enable the AC97 again, so that I have 2 sound cards available, the
AC97 comes up as the default.

[nixer]

I had a similar situation one time when I had two sound cards.  I had to disable the onboard to make it the add-on card work.

If you are using kde you might try the kde setup at Configure Your Computer > Hardware > Multimedia > Phonon and try to select a default there.

[T6]

you shouldn't use both simultaneously

the idea of put another sound card practically means disabling the internal one

some mainboards won't even ask it, will disable internal one automatically without your intervention

there was a old post trying to make work two soundcards, none of them onboard but i'm afraid that the post is gone with old forum posts

you can change settings on some apps to make them use one or another but in general i recommend you to disable onboard one and forget his low quality sound

[gmlinux]

I guess I am OK. The OS seems to want the on-board card so that is OK and I use
the other for Ham Radio apps.Would like to reverse that as the on-board one is
better for me for the ham apps. I can live with this, just connected my interface from the radio to the sound blaster.
Thanks for the assistance.

[T6]

sorry for not helping you

try to set each app to use a specific sound card if possible

[Was_Just19]

I have my AC97 on-board sound and it is the default.
I also have a Sound Blaster
How can I reverse their status and make the Sound Blaster the default?

In PCC - Hardware with each card highlighted in turn, at the bottom of the right side pane, click on "Set current driver options"

Try writing    0    for the default and    1    for the secondary card, in the location called "index" in the window that pops up when you click.

This might do what you need ......  but it is some time since I tried this so not certain.

I now use Pulse Audio to determine where the sound streams go to ...... VOIP to earpiece, videos to wireless headset and general sounds to the standard speakers from a PCI audio card.

regards.