From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Takashi Iwai Subject: Re: Intel alsa sound request for Laptops Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2017 16:56:54 +0100 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.6 - "Maruoka") Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mx2.suse.de (mx2.suse.de [195.135.220.15]) by alsa0.perex.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30030266652 for ; Sat, 28 Jan 2017 16:56:55 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org Sender: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org To: John Frankish Cc: "alsa-devel@alsa-project.org" List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org On Sat, 28 Jan 2017 13:46:57 +0100, John Frankish wrote: > > For two or three kernel versions of alsa divers now, HDMI has been the default alsa device on my laptop (Dell Latitude E7240) - this does not make logical sense. > > In the latest kernel version I use, 4.2.9, alsa sound will not work at all unless I load the i915 kernel driver - this does not make logical sense and means that I cannot use Xvesa. > > Is it possible to make an alsa feature request for analogue sound to be the default alsa device on laptops and for alsa sound to work without the need to load the i915 kernel driver? It's a configuration issue. Pass the module option if you prefer the secondary device: options snd-hda-intel index=1,0 Takashi