On Sun, 2014-02-23 at 14:07 -0600, Sean McCully wrote: > Card #1 > Name: alsa_card.pci-0000_00_1b.0 > Driver: module-alsa-card.c > Owner Module: 7 > Properties: > alsa.card = "0" > alsa.card_name = "HDA Intel PCH" > alsa.long_card_name = "HDA Intel PCH at 0xfbb00000 irq 92" > alsa.driver_name = "snd_hda_intel" > device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1b.0" > sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0" > device.bus = "pci" > device.vendor.id = "8086" > device.vendor.name = "Intel Corporation" > device.product.id = "1d20" > device.product.name = "C600/X79 series chipset High Definition > Audio Controller" > device.form_factor = "internal" > device.string = "0" > device.description = "Built-in Audio" > module-udev-detect.discovered = "1" > device.icon_name = "audio-card-pci" > Profiles: > input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 0, sources: > 1, priority: 60, available: yes) > input:iec958-stereo: Digital Stereo (IEC958) Input (sinks: 0, > sources: 1, priority: 55, available: yes) > output:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Output (sinks: 1, sources: > 0, priority: 6000, available: yes) > output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Duplex > (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 6060, available: yes) > output:analog-stereo+input:iec958-stereo: Analog Stereo Output > + Digital Stereo (IEC958) Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 6055, > available: yes) > output:iec958-stereo: Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output (sinks: > 1, sources: 0, priority: 5500, available: yes) > output:iec958-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Digital Stereo > (IEC958) Output + Analog Stereo Input (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 5560, > available: yes) > output:iec958-stereo+input:iec958-stereo: Digital Stereo > Duplex (IEC958) (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 5555, available: yes) > off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority: 0, available: yes) > Active Profile: output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo > Ports: > analog-input-mic: Microphone (priority: 8700, latency offset: 0 > usec, not available) > Properties: > device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone" > Part of profile(s): input:analog-stereo, output:analog- > stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:iec958-stereo+input:analog-stereo > analog-input-linein: Line In (priority: 8100, latency offset: 0 > usec, available) > Part of profile(s): input:analog-stereo, output:analog- > stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:iec958-stereo+input:analog-stereo > iec958-stereo-input: Digital Input (S/PDIF) (priority: 0, > latency offset: 0 usec) > Part of profile(s): input:iec958-stereo, output:analog- > stereo+input:iec958-stereo, output:iec958-stereo+input:iec958-stereo > analog-output: Analog Output (priority: 9900, latency offset: 0 > usec) > Part of profile(s): output:analog-stereo, > output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:iec958- > stereo > analog-output-lineout: Line Out (priority: 9900, latency > offset: 0 usec, available) > Part of profile(s): output:analog-stereo, > output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:iec958- > stereo > analog-output-headphones: Headphones (priority: 9000, latency > offset: 0 usec, available) > Properties: > device.icon_name = "audio-headphones" > Part of profile(s): output:analog-stereo, > output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:iec958- > stereo > iec958-stereo-output: Digital Output (S/PDIF) (priority: 0, > latency offset: 0 usec) > Part of profile(s): output:iec958-stereo, > output:iec958-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:iec958-stereo+input:iec958- > stereo There's no surround profile. Does this command work? pasuspender -- speaker-test --channels=6 --device=surround51:0 If not, what error does it give? If it says "Unknown PCM surround51:0", then this is an alsa bug. There should be a configuration file in alsa-lib that defines the surround51 device for your sound card. -- Tanu