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alsa-utils package

  1. Bug #376024
  2. Comment #27

Comment 27 for bug 376024

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libertyernie (libertyernie) wrote :

If the ALSA default is PulseAudio, you can change PulseAudio's "default" card with pacmd.
$ pacmd list-sinks | less
$ pacmd set-default-sink [index number]
It's really the fallback card for apps that haven't told PulseAudio what card they want to use. One of those apps, of course, is ALSA.