<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> To John, yes I need both cards. Jonathan. I tried your suggestion but I don't really know what I am looking for in the file to see what the load order is. Seems to me there is a command I can type in terminal to see what I am using, but don't remember what it is. I also checked the link you sent and tried that suggestion, but when I do that I can't access any sound card, the little speaker in the taskbar has an X through it. Murry Jonathan Hudson wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:20071222212641.3bf18f97@eeyore.daria.co.uk" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 17:04:06 -0400 Murry Brown <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:murraybr@nbnet.nb.ca"><murraybr@nbnet.nb.ca></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Go easy on me , I'm new. (linux only) I am running Ubuntu 7.10, I have 2 soundcards, one onboard AC97 and a PCI Ensonique (soundblaster) One is designated /dev/dsp and the other is /dev/dsp1. Normal If I shutdown and restart or reboot the computer the cards will swap designations. Eg. the AC97 was /dev/dsp and will now be /dev/dsp1 and the PCI card does likewise, it would go from /dev/dsp1 to /dev/dsp. I have to go through my Amateur Radio software and keep changing soundcard selections. How can I stop this? Thanks. Murry </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> Set the load order in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base. See <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/MultipleCards"><http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/MultipleCards></a>, in particular the section entitled "Easy way to do this on Ubuntu Edgy" (which works for later versions as well). Then run sudo depmod -a and reboot (well, you could manually unload and reload stuff, but a reboot is probably easier). -jh </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>