[ale] Are the kernel developers a-holes?

[Solomon Peachy]

On Wed, Dec 03, 2014 at 02:47:29PM -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> not sure about 6 years ago, but TO DATE, every time I do a linux install
> on my Dell desktop with SoundBlaster card, the sound NEVER works out of
> the box. I always have to figure out how to install Pulse Audio Volume
> control, then start whatever I want to listen to ( vlc, youtube video in
> Chrome..) then open PA volume control, and change it to my SB card.
> Debian, Mint, Fedora, all have the same issue.

It sounds like your problems are due to you having two soundcards 
installed and the system defaulting to the builtin one.  This really 
isn't a problem with pulseaudio per se; you'll need to pick the correct 
default no matter what sort of "sound system" is in use.

The most expedient solution is, if you aren't actually using the builtin 
sound device for anything, why not disable it entirely in your BIOS 
setup?  The problem just goes away.

However, if you're using GNOME (KDE has similar functionality, and I'm 
sure XFCE etc do as well) selection of the default sound device and 
speaker configuration is part of the standard sound 
configuration/control panel application.

 - Solomon
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