Hi folks, I'm new not only to this list but to ALSA, Ubuntu and Linux in general so please bear with me... I've tried to work my sound issues out myself by reading various web resources, but I'm at a loss and hope someone can help. Here are the results of aplay -l: **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: LT [Audiotrak Prodigy 7.1 LT], device 0: ICE1724 [ICE1724] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: LT [Audiotrak Prodigy 7.1 LT], device 1: IEC1724 IEC958 [IEC1724 IEC958] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: LT [Audiotrak Prodigy 7.1 LT], device 2: ICE1724 Surrounds [ICE1724 Surround PCM] Subdevices: 3/3 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 Subdevice #2: subdevice #2 Here are the results of aplay -L: default:CARD=LT Audiotrak Prodigy 7.1 LT, ICE1724 Default Audio Device front:CARD=LT,DEV=0 Audiotrak Prodigy 7.1 LT, ICE1724 Front speakers surround40:CARD=LT,DEV=0 Audiotrak Prodigy 7.1 LT, ICE1724 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers surround41:CARD=LT,DEV=0 Audiotrak Prodigy 7.1 LT, ICE1724 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround50:CARD=LT,DEV=0 Audiotrak Prodigy 7.1 LT, ICE1724 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers surround51:CARD=LT,DEV=0 Audiotrak Prodigy 7.1 LT, ICE1724 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround71:CARD=LT,DEV=0 Audiotrak Prodigy 7.1 LT, ICE1724 7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers iec958:CARD=LT,DEV=0 Audiotrak Prodigy 7.1 LT, ICE1724 IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output null Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture) default:CARD=UART MPU-401 UART Default Audio Device What I want is digital out to my receiver. Anything else is gravy. Sometimes I have gotten sound working from a mediaplayer, but nothing for system sounds or stuff embedded in Firefox. My specific questions (or groups of questions) are these: 1) In alsamixer the chip listed is "ICE 1724 - multitrack." Isn't that the analog part of the card (device 0)? Don't I want device 1? How can I change that? Is that dictated by the default device settings seen above? As you might expect, the IEC958 Out setting in the alsamixer is stuck on mute. 2) One of the previous times I had sound working, I noticed the default mixer tracks ofered at the bottom of the sound preferences window were Audiotrak Prodigy 7.1LT (ALSA Mixer) and IEC958 (OSS Mixer). That had me really confused. Don't I want to be able to control the IEC958 output with the ALSA mixer? 3) I created an asound.conf file in my home directory with the following contents: pcm.card0 { type hw card 0 device 1 } ctl.card0 { type hw card 0 device 1 } It has not helped.... Any advice is appreciated! Evan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user