two sound cards, keeping their HW number

[Mark Stuart Burge]

I thing this might be worth a try (pulled from 
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/45786)



Locate the module names of your sound cards with:

less /proc/asound/modules

example output:

0 snd_emu10k1
1 snd_ice1712

In /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base replace:

install sound-slot-0 modprobe snd-card-0
install sound-slot-1 modprobe snd-card-1

with:

install sound-slot-0 modprobe snd_ice1712
install sound-slot-1 modprobe snd_emu10k1

or the other way depending on which card you want as the default 
(sound-slot-0)