Oliver Lupton wrote: > try running: speaker-test -c4 -Dsurround40 -t wav > You could also try -Dsurround41, but from your description it seems that > as far as ALSA is concerned you system is 4.0 rather than 4.1 -- as you > described it there's no discrete subwoofer input. Thanks! Both of those work. I guess surround40 is the way to go. Now, I guess I want to set this system-wide, and preferably also using dmix. Is this a sensible thing to do, or will applications automatically use the correct surroundXY mixer on their own? I tried this asoundrc: (the one on the ALSA wiki with the slave pcm changed to surround40) ------------------------------------------------------- pcm.!default { type plug slave.pcm "dmixer" } pcm.dmixer { type dmix ipc_key 1024 slave { pcm "surround40" period_time 0 period_size 1024 buffer_size 4096 rate 44100 } bindings { 0 0 1 1 } } ctl.dmixer { type hw card 0 } ------------------------------------------------------- However it didn't work: ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:869:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) dmix plugin can be only connected to hw plugin Thanks, Daniel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user