asoundconf(1) asoundconf(1) NAME asoundconf - utility to read and change the users ALSA library config uration SYNOPSIS asoundconf is-active asoundconf get|delete PARAMETER asoundconf set PARAMETER VALUE asoundconf list Convenience macro functions: asoundconf set-default-card CARD asoundconf reset-default-card DESCRIPTION asoundconf configures the ALSA library for the user. It does this by reading the values of parameters from and writing the values of parame ters to the special file .asoundrc.asoundconf in the users home direc tory. The .asoundrc.asoundconf file should not be edited by hand! The .asoundrc.asoundconf file only has an effect on the ALSA library if it is included by the users .asoundrc file, also located in the users home directory. When asoundconf is run and it finds either that the ~/.asoundrc file does not exist or that the file exists and contains the markers of the obsolete set-default-soundcard program then asound conf adds the required inclusion statement to ~/.asoundrc; otherwise asoundconf does not change ~/.asoundrc. Hence, if you want to disable control of ALSA library configuration parameters by asoundconf then simply comment out this inclusion statement but do not delete the ~/.asoundrc file. (It is OK for ~/.asoundrc to be an empty file.) WARNING This program is under development. Its features will change without notice and without preservation of backward compatibility, except inso far as they are put to use by other components of the Debian and/or Ubuntu operating systems. (As of this writing the Ubuntu developers have plans to use asoundconf for setting the value of defaults.pcm.card from the system sound preferences menu.) FILES ~/.asoundrc user-specific ALSA library configuration file ~/.asoundrc.asoundconf file containing asoundconf-managed parameter settings AUTHOR This program was written by Martin Pitt . 30 Sep 2005 asoundconf(1)