I'm trying to make the Google Talk plugin accept sound. In other programs (e.g. Skype, Audacity) I did this by selecting the device for my sound input, hw:0.2 (see screenshots). Google Talk does not give me that option, shows instead only output devices and a default device. I tried to further configure the default capture device, but that did not help. Perhaps I did it the wrong way? Or maybe there is a way to create a device that Google Talk will pick up and allow me to select it? .asoundrcpcm.!default {type hwcard 0}ctl.!default {type hwcard 0}# try to help Google Talkpcm.!default {         type asym         capture.pcm {                 type plug                 slave.pcm hw:0,2         } } # end test for Google Talkpcm.!default {    type plug    slave.pcm {        type asym        playback.pcm dmix:SB        capture.pcm dsnoop:SB    }}# Make OSS apps default to using dmix plugin toopcm.dsp0 {    type plug    slave.pcm dmix}
make google talk use the correct alsa sound device for input
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you can only have a single pcm.!default entry in your asoundrc (you seem to have 3! - which one is google talk to choose?) anyhow, you should be able to make a virtual device (as configured in ~/.asoundrc) appear in device listings by adding a description-hint:     # try to help Google Talk     pcm.googletalk {       type asym       capture.pcm {             type plug             slave.pcm hw:0,2       }       hint {          description special device so gtalk can use it       }     } 