[Bug 44101] Re: [Dapper] gnome-sound-properties always defaults to first card

[jwmislan]

 I am also experiencing the same problem with  gnome-sound-properties
(not retaining) my default soundcard preference.

The same existed in breezy which never got resolved by a bugfix.
I had to set snd-emu10k1 to index=0 in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base to get it to be default (card 0) ,  and snd-cmipci to index=1 for second soundcard. 
This dosn't seem to work anymore in Dapper though.
There should be a dependable way to force these preferences - 
like  setting soundcard-name=index=0 in ./asoundrc or /etc/asound.conf
This is a serious issue to me not a trivial one.
I have to turn off the  cmipci sound on the soyo MB in bios to fix it now , and I Need that second sound card for my audio recording work.

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[Dapper] gnome-sound-properties always defaults to first card
https://launchpad.net/bugs/44101