Hi, I recently was working to get 5.1 sound to work (SB Live 5.1), so I played around with alsamixer and it works now - just that now I have sound on my center, rear speakers and subwoofer, but not front left and right anymore... can anyone help me with this? It would be really appreciated. I googled, but the symptoms are not good search terms, unfortunately, and I didn't find anyone else with the same problem. Here is the output of amixer: Simple mixer control 'Master',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Front Left: Playback 15 [48%] [on] Front Right: Playback 15 [48%] [on] Simple mixer control 'Headphone LFE',1 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] Simple mixer control 'Headphone',1 Capabilities: pvolume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Mono: Front Left: Playback 24 [24%] Front Right: Playback 24 [24%] Simple mixer control 'Headphone Center',1 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] Simple mixer control 'Tone',0 Capabilities: pswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Mono: Front Left: Playback [on] Front Right: Playback [on] Simple mixer control 'Bass',0 Capabilities: volume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: 0 - 40 Front Left: 8 [20%] Front Right: 8 [20%] Simple mixer control 'Treble',0 Capabilities: volume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: 0 - 40 Front Left: 20 [50%] Front Right: 20 [50%] Simple mixer control 'PCM',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Front Left: Playback 12 [39%] [on] Front Right: Playback 12 [39%] [on] Simple mixer control 'Front',0 Capabilities: cvolume cswitch cswitch-joined Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Capture 0 - 100 Front Left: Capture 0 [0%] [off] Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [off] Simple mixer control 'Surround',0 Capabilities: pvolume cvolume cswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100 Front Left: Playback 100 [100%] Capture 0 [0%] [off] Front Right: Playback 100 [100%] Capture 0 [0%] [off] Simple mixer control 'Center',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Mono: Playback 100 [100%] Simple mixer control 'LFE',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Mono: Playback 100 [100%] Simple mixer control 'Synth',0 Capabilities: pvolume cvolume cswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100 Front Left: Playback 80 [80%] Capture 80 [80%] [off] Front Right: Playback 80 [80%] Capture 80 [80%] [off] Simple mixer control 'Wave',0 Capabilities: pvolume cvolume cswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100 Front Left: Playback 100 [100%] Capture 80 [80%] [off] Front Right: Playback 100 [100%] Capture 80 [80%] [off] Simple mixer control 'Wave Center',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Mono: Playback 100 [100%] Simple mixer control 'Wave LFE',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Mono: Playback 30 [30%] Simple mixer control 'Wave Surround',0 Capabilities: pvolume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Mono: Front Left: Playback 100 [100%] Front Right: Playback 100 [100%] Simple mixer control 'Line',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Front Left: Playback 7 [23%] [off] Capture [off] Front Right: Playback 7 [23%] [off] Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Line LiveDrive',0 Capabilities: pvolume cvolume cswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100 Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] Capture 0 [0%] [off] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] Capture 0 [0%] [off] Simple mixer control 'Line2 LiveDrive',1 Capabilities: pvolume cvolume cswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100 Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] Capture 0 [0%] [off] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] Capture 0 [0%] [off] Simple mixer control 'CD',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Front Left: Playback 25 [81%] [off] Capture [off] Front Right: Playback 25 [81%] [off] Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Mic',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Mono Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Playback 31 [100%] [off] Front Left: Capture [on] Front Right: Capture [on] Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost (+20dB)',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] Simple mixer control 'Mic Select',0 Capabilities: enum Items: 'Mic1' 'Mic2' Item0: 'Mic1' Simple mixer control 'Video',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [off] Capture [off] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [off] Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Phone',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Mono Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [off] Front Left: Capture [off] Front Right: Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Coaxial',0 Capabilities: pvolume cvolume cswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100 Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] Capture 0 [0%] [off] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] Capture 0 [0%] [off] Simple mixer control 'IEC958 LiveDrive',0 Capabilities: pvolume cvolume cswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100 Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] Capture 0 [0%] [off] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] Capture 0 [0%] [off] Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Optical Raw',0 Capabilities: pswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Mono: Front Left: Playback [off] Front Right: Playback [off] Simple mixer control 'IEC958 TTL',0 Capabilities: pvolume cvolume cswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100 Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] Capture 0 [0%] [off] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] Capture 0 [0%] [off] Simple mixer control 'PC Speaker',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 15 Mono: Playback 4 [27%] [on] Simple mixer control 'Aux',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Front Left: Playback 11 [35%] [off] Capture [off] Front Right: Playback 11 [35%] [off] Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Capture',0 Capabilities: cvolume cswitch cswitch-joined Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Capture 0 - 15 Front Left: Capture 15 [100%] [on] Front Right: Capture 15 [100%] [on] Simple mixer control 'Mix',0 Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Front Left: Capture [off] Front Right: Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Mix Mono',0 Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Front Left: Capture [off] Front Right: Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'AC97',0 Capabilities: pvolume cvolume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100 Front Left: Playback 76 [76%] Capture 80 [80%] Front Right: Playback 76 [76%] Capture 80 [80%] Simple mixer control 'External Amplifier',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Simple mixer control 'SB Live Analog/Digital Output Jack',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] Thanks a bunch! ~David ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. 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