WARNING: Latest Linphone on Arch breaks device access

[John Covici]

I think you can use names instead of numbers, maybe a different
variable in your asoundrc.

On Wed, 07 Sep 2016 13:31:28 -0400,
Janina Sajka wrote:
> 
> It was a great suggestion, Chris. Unfortunately, it seems there's yet
> another bug in how alsa handles usb devices.
> 
> I have 2 usb devices. No matter how I specify things, the card that gets
> invoked is the first of those two.
> 
> Now, if I were really clever, I suppose I'd know how to write udev rules
> to insure that the Sennheiser gets a lower card ID than the C-Media
> device. This really should be an exact science, but my experience says
> it's anything but.
> 
> Sigh.
> 
> Janina
> 
> Chris Brannon writes:
> > Janina Sajka <janina at rednote.net> writes:
> > 
> > > Hi, All:
> > >
> > > If you use Linphone on Arch, beware. The latest release built 31 August
> > > introduced what for me is a showstopper bug. I'm referring to
> > > Linphone-3.10.2-1.
> > 
> > Hi Janina,
> > I think I might have a solution for you.
> > The only reason this will work is that you are using the headset for all
> > three functions: ringer, playback, and capture.  If you needed something
> > fancier, this falls flat.
> > You can set a specific default card for a given application using the
> > ALSA_CARD environment variable.
> > For instance,
> > ALSA_CARD=Headset espeak 'Hello there.'
> > should cause espeak to speak the string through your headset.
> > So try setting ALSA_CARD when starting linphone.
> > 
> > Now there's another problem in that Linphone seems to want to use
> > pulseaudio for the default sound output.  Can't help you with that one.
> > Maybe the config file would at least let you specify alsa rather than
> > pulse?
> > 
> > -- Chris
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