Comment 3 for bug 31893

I don't use gnome, kcontrol doesn't do this for me, and I'm not a fan of the philosophy that says we don't need things like this because a gui configurator exists. This bug report began life as a complaint about alsaconf missing from alsa-utils, because it was the tool I was accustomed to using for choosing my sound card. It was suggested that I file a separate bug for an issue that alsaconf could solve that couldn't easily be solved without it. The non-alsaconf solution suggested (since I don't use gnome) involved using asoundconf after getting the name of my sound card from /proc/asound/cards. When I pitched this hassle as a possible excuse to bring back alsaconf, it was suggested that I extend asoundconf to do what this patch makes it do. A lot of time, effort, frustration and talking to developers has culminated in this patch, and I'd appreciate at least a serious look at the problem it's meant to solve before rejecting it. Thanks.