shy_reclusive_alsa_user wrote: > Before I begin, let me state that I am not a driver-coding guru developer > (I wish I was/could be), but I am a long time Linux user and sys admin > who generally is able to figure out what needs to be done to get things > working. Except this time... > I know exactly how you feel. I had nearly an exact problem with another card in alsa. After many hours of messing around I was convinced it was not a config problem but a driver bug. What I did was to install the newest version of fedora (10) on another machine to see if that fixed anything. That fixed my problem. (kinda like chopping off your head to rid a headache) but it worked. Looks like you already have the newest alsa stuff.. I am quite confused with the linux sound system as well , but after looking at your mixer settings, it seems you have some surround channels muted: Simple mixer control 'Surround',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 39 Mono: Front Left: Playback 35 [90%] [-6.00dB] [off] <----- muted Front Right: Playback 34 [87%] [-7.50dB] [off] <----- muted Simple mixer control 'Center',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 39 Mono: Playback 35 [90%] [-6.00dB] [off] <------- muted Simple mixer control 'LFE',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 39 Mono: Playback 34 [87%] [-7.50dB] [off] <-------- muted Simple mixer control 'Side',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 39 Mono: Front Left: Playback 34 [87%] [-7.50dB] [off] <-------- muted Front Right: Playback 34 [87%] [-7.50dB] [off] <-------- muted I cant promise if this will help, but turn those on in the mixer. Stan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user