This might not really be something for PA to handle, but since it's related, I thought I'd ask here anyway. I bought a Creative Xmod to use with my laptop when I'm at the desk. It is a USB soundcard with a line out that I connect to the speakers. It also has a larg volume knob, but for some reason that knob isn't a hardware volume controller, but sends messages over USB and lets the software handle it. I run GNOME/Ubuntu 7.10, and the knob actually works without any configuration. But there are two problems: 1) The volume knob will control the main mixer in the GNOME settings, i.e. the same as the volume buttons on the laptop. This means that unless I reconfigure it, it will control the volume of the internal speakers instead of the external speakers that are connected to it. I can reconfigure gnome so that both volume controllers control the Xmod volume instead. Does anyone know if there is a way to make each volume controller control different mixers? 2) When I control the volume of the Xmod, the volume jumps up and down rather erratically, and loses synch between the right and left channel. But this happens when using ALSA directly, so it's not related to PA. -- David K?gedal
