Re: Persistent names for audio devices.

From	David <bouncingcats@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Persistent names for audio devices.
Date	2021-09-29 13:00 +0200
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On Wed, 29 Sept 2021 at 16:57, <tomas@tuxteam.de> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 02:31:18PM -0700, peter@easthope.ca wrote:

> > I haven't set a shell.  According to https://wiki.debian.org/Shell
> > it's bash.

> It might be willing to tell you:
>   echo $SHELL

I wouldn't give that advice, it's rather misleading. Demo:

[david@kablamm ~]$ echo $SHELL
/bin/bash
[david@kablamm ~]$ dash
$ echo $SHELL
/bin/bash
$

Why is it so? As per 'man 1 login', $SHELL contains the shell
you *want* when you login, not the shell you *have* :)

On Wed, 29 Sept 2021 at 08:12, Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> wrote:
> Do not guess.  Do not assume defaults are in place.  Just find out.
> ps -p $$

As usual, Greg's advice is worth following.

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Re: Persistent names for audio devices. peter@easthope.ca - 2021-09-28 18:00 +0200
  Re: Persistent names for audio devices. ghe2001 <ghe2001@protonmail.com> - 2021-09-28 19:30 +0200
    Re: Persistent names for audio devices. peter@easthope.ca - 2021-09-28 23:40 +0200
      Re: Persistent names for audio devices. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-09-29 01:40 +0200
        Re: Persistent names for audio devices. peter@easthope.ca - 2021-09-29 22:40 +0200
          Re: Persistent names for audio devices. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-09-30 05:40 +0200
            Re: Persistent names for audio devices. peter@easthope.ca - 2021-09-30 19:10 +0200
  Re: Persistent names for audio devices. Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-09-28 19:40 +0200
    Re: Persistent names for audio devices. Nils <tuxifan@posteo.de> - 2021-09-28 20:00 +0200
      Re: Persistent names for audio devices. Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2021-09-28 21:20 +0200
    Re: Persistent names for audio devices. peter@easthope.ca - 2021-09-29 00:10 +0200
      Re: Persistent names for audio devices. Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-09-29 00:20 +0200
      Re: Persistent names for audio devices. <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-09-29 09:00 +0200
        Re: Persistent names for audio devices. David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2021-09-29 13:00 +0200

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