[OpenIndiana-discuss] OI Audio System Selects Wrong Audio Device

[Peter Tribble]

On Sun, Jul 13, 2025 at 2:03 AM Gary Mills <gary_mills at fastmail.fm> wrote:

> On Sat, Jul 12, 2025 at 10:18:06PM +0100, Peter Tribble wrote:
> > Different applications can be persuaded to use the devices in different
> > ways,
> > But ultimately, replace the symlinks.
> >
> > http://www.tribblix.org/Use/8.desktop.html
>
> What if I don't want to touch the symlinks?  After all, doing so
> implies that the kernel was wrong.
>

Ultimately, you have to replace the symlinks in order to get everything to
work. The kernel isn't wrong, because in the presence of multiple audio
devices
it has to generate some ordering and pick a default, and there isn't a
"right"
answer it can predetermine so it's just guessing.

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