Hi, i am using a Asus G71GX laptop, with the hda-intel driver. In alsamixer, there are the playback channels: Master, Headphone, Speaker, Bass Speaker, PCM, Mic, Mic Boost, S/PDIF s/PDIF Default, Internal Mic and Internal Mic Boost. The Headphones Mixer is doing nothing as far is i can tell but the Bass Speaker mixer is changing the volume of my headphones, so i think that there is something mixed up. Also when i adjust the Master volume, the Volume of my headphones is unaffected (maybe because it is recognized as Bass Speaker). For now i worked around this issue by changing my pulseaudio to always adjust PCM, which affects speakers and headphones as expected. I am using gentoo with a 3.2.1-gentoo-r2 kernel alsa-lib has the version 1.0.25-r1 Regards, Reno Here are some debug outputs: $ aplay -l **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC663 Analog [ALC663 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 3: ALC663 Digital [ALC663 Digital] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 $ aplay -L null Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture) pulse PulseAudio Sound Server sysdefault:CARD=Intel HDA Intel, ALC663 Analog Default Audio Device front:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 HDA Intel, ALC663 Analog Front speakers surround40:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 HDA Intel, ALC663 Analog 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers surround41:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 HDA Intel, ALC663 Analog 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround50:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 HDA Intel, ALC663 Analog 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers surround51:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 HDA Intel, ALC663 Analog 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround71:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 HDA Intel, ALC663 Analog 7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers hdmi:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 HDA Intel, ALC663 Digital HDMI Audio Output $ lspci | grep Audio 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user