I can't get my AudioExel/MD-Mate to record from the spdif input. Even after editing /etc/asound.state and setting 'IEC958 In Select' to 'true' (and calling 'alsactl restore'), the corresponding control in alsamixer is off, and remains off, whatever I do. The card works under OSS in a different machine. Here is the output from 'amixer contents': numid=40,iface=CARD,name='Modem' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1 : values=off numid=1,iface=MIXER,name='Master Playback Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw------,values=2,min=0,max=31,step=0 : values=0,0 numid=2,iface=MIXER,name='3D Control - Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1 : values=off numid=4,iface=MIXER,name='PCM Playback Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1 : values=on numid=3,iface=MIXER,name='PCM Playback Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw------,values=2,min=0,max=31,step=0 : values=24,24 numid=5,iface=MIXER,name='PCM Capture Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=2 : values=off,off numid=7,iface=MIXER,name='Synth Playback Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1 : values=on numid=6,iface=MIXER,name='Synth Playback Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw------,values=2,min=0,max=31,step=0 : values=24,24 numid=8,iface=MIXER,name='Synth Capture Route' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=4 : values=off,off,off,off numid=13,iface=MIXER,name='Line Playback Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=2 : values=off,off numid=12,iface=MIXER,name='Line Playback Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw------,values=2,min=0,max=31,step=0 : values=24,24 numid=14,iface=MIXER,name='Line Capture Route' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=4 : values=on,off,off,on numid=29,iface=MIXER,name='Line-In Mode' ; type=ENUMERATED,access=rw------,values=1,items=2 ; Item #0 'Line-In' ; Item #1 'Rear Output' : values=1 numid=10,iface=MIXER,name='CD Playback Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=2 : values=off,off numid=9,iface=MIXER,name='CD Playback Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw------,values=2,min=0,max=31,step=0 : values=0,0 numid=11,iface=MIXER,name='CD Capture Route' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=4 : values=off,off,off,off numid=27,iface=MIXER,name='Mic Boost Capture Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1 : values=off numid=22,iface=MIXER,name='Mic Boost Playback Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1 : values=off numid=16,iface=MIXER,name='Mic Playback Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1 : values=off numid=15,iface=MIXER,name='Mic Playback Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw------,values=1,min=0,max=31,step=0 : values=0 numid=17,iface=MIXER,name='Mic Capture Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1 : values=off numid=23,iface=MIXER,name='Mic Capture Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw------,values=1,min=0,max=7,step=0 : values=0 numid=25,iface=MIXER,name='Phone Playback Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1 : values=off numid=24,iface=MIXER,name='Phone Playback Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw------,values=1,min=0,max=7,step=0 : values=0 numid=26,iface=MIXER,name='PC Speaker Playback Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1 : values=off numid=18,iface=MIXER,name='PC Speaker Playback Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw------,values=1,min=0,max=3,step=0 : values=0 numid=20,iface=MIXER,name='Aux Playback Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=2 : values=off,off numid=19,iface=MIXER,name='Aux Playback Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw------,values=2,min=0,max=15,step=0 : values=0,0 numid=21,iface=MIXER,name='Aux Capture Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=2 : values=off,off numid=34,iface=MIXER,name='IEC958 5V' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1 : values=on numid=33,iface=MIXER,name='IEC958 Copyright' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1 : values=on numid=36,iface=MIXER,name='IEC958 In Monitor' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1 : values=off numid=38,iface=MIXER,name='IEC958 In Phase Inverse' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1 : values=off numid=39,iface=MIXER,name='IEC958 In Select' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1 : values=off numid=32,iface=MIXER,name='IEC958 In Valid' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1 : values=on numid=35,iface=MIXER,name='IEC958 Loop' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1 : values=off numid=37,iface=MIXER,name='IEC958 Mix Analog' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1 : values=off numid=31,iface=MIXER,name='IEC958 Output Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1 : values=off numid=30,iface=MIXER,name='Exchange DAC' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1 : values=off numid=28,iface=MIXER,name='Four Channel Mode' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw------,values=1 : values=off Any ideas? 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