Restarting ALSA drivers

In some circumstances you may want to restart your ALSA system.

To do this, use the following commands as root:

# /etc/init.d/alsa force-unload

# /etc/init.d/hotplug restart

If you have more than one soundcard, this can cause drivers to being loaded in a different order than the one you want. In this case, instead of restarting hotplug, use modprobe to load the drivers in the correct order.

Suppose you want snd-ice1712 as first soundcard and snd-usb-audio as second:

# /etc/init.d/alsa force-unload

# modprobe snd-ice1712

# modprobe snd-usb-audio