I'm running 64 Bit Sabayon Linux 4.0 r1 on a Mac Pro. I have connected a Creative USB sound card and would like to use it as the default.

I tried these two .asoundrc files suggested by gnubien on #alsa:

pcm.!default { type hw card 1 } ctl.!default { type hw card 1 }

and:

created by wishie on #alsa 10-13-07 #Set the card you want to use here.. this example is for hw:1,0

pcm.snd_card { type hw card 1 #change "card 1" to the card number listed for your usb soundcard using cat /proc/asound/cards output device 0 }

pcm.!default { type plug slave.pcm "dmixer" }

pcm.dmixer { type dmix ipc_key 1024 ipc_key_add_uid false ipc_perm 0660 slave { pcm "snd_card" rate 48000 period_time 0 period_size 1024 buffer_time 0 buffer_size 5120 } }

Either of these .asoundrc files result in the USB soundcard going away. I have to unplug it and plug it back in to get it back. Please help.

James