rendered paste body.....no laptop/desktop info.. number of speakers... .....distro............... Ubuntu 7.04 \n \lDISTRIB_ID=UbuntuDISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 7.04" .....System.............. Linux anderss 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Thu Jun 7 20:19:32 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux .....vendor/dev id....... 1102 0002 .....vendor/dev module... alias pci:v00001102d00000002sv*sd*bc*sc*i* snd_emu10k1 .....vendor/device: 1102:0002 Subsystem: Creative Labs SBLive! 5.1 Model SB0100 .....lspci info......... 05:02.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 07) .....alsa driver........ 1.0.14rc1 .....alsa lib........... .....alsa utils......... 1.0.13 .....alsa modules....... snd_emu10k1 .....alsa cards......... 0 [Live ]: EMU10K1 - SB Live 5.1 SB Live 5.1 (rev.7, serial:0x80641102) at 0xb880, irq 19 .....codec.............. 0-0/0: SigmaTel STAC9708,11 PCI Subsys Vendor: 0x0000 PCI Subsys Device: 0x0000 ...../etc/asound.conf.. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 257 2007-06-16 15:31 /etc/asound.conf .....lsof output...... COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME mixer_app 6871 anders 18u CHR 116,12 14969 /dev/snd/controlC0 xmms 7754 anders 9u CHR 116,12 14969 /dev/snd/controlC0 alsamixer 8508 anders 3u CHR 116,12 14969 /dev/snd/controlC0 .....amixer contents.... : values=off 'Mic Select' ; Item #0 'Mic1' ; Item #1 'Mic2'-- 'Capture Source' ; Item #0 'Mic' ; Item #1 'CD' ; Item #2 'Video' ; Item #3 'Aux' ; Item #4 'Line' ; Item #5 'Mix' ; Item #6 'Mix Mono' ; Item #7 'Phone' .....amixer summary..... amixer set 'Master',0 81%,81% on amixer set 'Headphone LFE',1 off amixer set 'Headphone',1 0% 0% amixer set 'Headphone Center',1 off amixer set 'Tone',0 off off amixer set 'Bass',0 50% 50% amixer set 'Treble',0 50% 50% amixer set '3D Control - Switch',0 off amixer set '3D Control Sigmatel - Depth',0 Mono: 0 0% amixer set '3D Control Sigmatel - Rear Depth',0 Mono: 0 0% amixer set 'PCM',0 81%,81% on amixer set 'Front',0 Capture 80 80% off Capture 80 80% off amixer set 'Surround',0 100% off 100% off amixer set 'Center',0 100% amixer set 'LFE',0 100% amixer set 'Synth',0 80% off 80% off amixer set 'Wave',0 80% off 80% off amixer set 'Wave Center',0 0% amixer set 'Wave LFE',0 0% amixer set 'Wave Surround',0 0% 0% amixer set 'Line',0 0% off 0% off Capture off amixer set 'Line LiveDrive',0 0% off 0% off amixer set 'Line2 LiveDrive',1 0% off 0% off amixer set 'CD',0 81%,81% on Capture off amixer set 'Mic',0 61%,Capture on amixer set 'Mic Boost ( 20dB)',0 off amixer set 'Mic Select',0 Items: 'Mic1' 'Mic2' Item0: 'Mic1' amixer set 'Video',0 0% off 0% off Capture off amixer set 'Phone',0 0% off Capture off amixer set 'IEC958 Coaxial',0 0% off 0% off amixer set 'IEC958 LiveDrive',0 0% off 0% off amixer set 'IEC958 Optical Raw',0 off off amixer set 'IEC958 TTL',0 0% off 0% off amixer set 'PC Speaker',0 0% off amixer set 'Aux',0 0% off 0% off Capture off amixer set 'Capture',0 Capture 0 0%,Capture 0 0% on amixer set 'Mix',0 Capture off amixer set 'Mix Mono',0 Capture off amixer set 'AC97',0 80% 80% amixer set 'External Amplifier',0 on amixer set 'SB Live Analog/Digital Output Jack',0 on amixer set 'Sigmatel 4-Speaker Stereo',0 off amixer set 'Sigmatel Output Bias',0 off amixer set 'Sigmatel Surround',0 0% off 0% off amixer set 'Sigmatel Surround Phase Inversion Playback ',0 off .....amixer............ Simple mixer control 'Master',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Front Left: Playback 25 [81%] [-9.00dB] [on] Front Right: Playback 25 [81%] [-9.00dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'Headphone LFE',1 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] Simple mixer control 'Headphone',1 Capabilities: pvolume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Mono: Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Simple mixer control 'Headphone Center',1 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] Simple mixer control 'Tone',0 Capabilities: pswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Mono: Front Left: Playback [off] Front Right: Playback [off] Simple mixer control 'Bass',0 Capabilities: volume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: 0 - 40 Front Left: 20 [50%] Front Right: 20 [50%] Simple mixer control 'Treble',0 Capabilities: volume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: 0 - 40 Front Left: 20 [50%] Front Right: 20 [50%] Simple mixer control '3D Control - Switch',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] Simple mixer control '3D Control Sigmatel - Depth',0 Capabilities: volume volume-joined Playback channels: Mono Capture channels: Mono Limits: 0 - 3 Mono: 0 [0%] Simple mixer control '3D Control Sigmatel - Rear Depth',0 Capabilities: volume volume-joined Playback channels: Mono Capture channels: Mono Limits: 0 - 3 Mono: 0 [0%] Simple mixer control 'PCM',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Front Left: Playback 25 [81%] [3.00dB] [on] Front Right: Playback 25 [81%] [3.00dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'Front',0 Capabilities: cvolume cswitch cswitch-joined Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Capture 0 - 100 Front Left: Capture 80 [80%] [-8.00dB] [off] Front Right: Capture 80 [80%] [-8.00dB] [off] Simple mixer control 'Surround',0 Capabilities: pvolume cvolume cswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100 Front Left: Playback 100 [100%] [0.00dB] Capture 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] [off] Front Right: Playback 100 [100%] [0.00dB] Capture 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] [off] Simple mixer control 'Center',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Mono: Playback 100 [100%] [0.00dB] Simple mixer control 'LFE',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Mono: Playback 100 [100%] [0.00dB] Simple mixer control 'Synth',0 Capabilities: pvolume cvolume cswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100 Front Left: Playback 80 [80%] [-8.00dB] Capture 80 [80%] [-8.00dB] [off] Front Right: Playback 80 [80%] [-8.00dB] Capture 80 [80%] [-8.00dB] [off] Simple mixer control 'Wave',0 Capabilities: pvolume cvolume cswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100 Front Left: Playback 80 [80%] [-8.00dB] Capture 80 [80%] [-8.00dB] [off] Front Right: Playback 80 [80%] [-8.00dB] Capture 80 [80%] [-8.00dB] [off] Simple mixer control 'Wave Center',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Simple mixer control 'Wave LFE',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Simple mixer control 'Wave Surround',0 Capabilities: pvolume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Mono: Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Simple mixer control 'Line',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Capture [off] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Line LiveDrive',0 Capabilities: pvolume cvolume cswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100 Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Capture 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] [off] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Capture 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] [off] Simple mixer control 'Line2 LiveDrive',1 Capabilities: pvolume cvolume cswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100 Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Capture 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] [off] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Capture 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] [off] Simple mixer control 'CD',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Front Left: Playback 25 [81%] [3.00dB] [on] Capture [off] Front Right: Playback 25 [81%] [3.00dB] [on] Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Mic',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Mono Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Playback 19 [61%] [-6.00dB] [on] Front Left: Capture [on] Front Right: Capture [on] Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost ( 20dB)',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] Simple mixer control 'Mic Select',0 Capabilities: enum Items: 'Mic1' 'Mic2' Item0: 'Mic1' Simple mixer control 'Video',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Capture [off] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Phone',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Mono Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Front Left: Capture [off] Front Right: Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Coaxial',0 Capabilities: pvolume cvolume cswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100 Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Capture 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] [off] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Capture 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] [off] Simple mixer control 'IEC958 LiveDrive',0 Capabilities: pvolume cvolume cswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100 Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Capture 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] [off] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Capture 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] [off] Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Optical Raw',0 Capabilities: pswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Mono: Front Left: Playback [off] Front Right: Playback [off] Simple mixer control 'IEC958 TTL',0 Capabilities: pvolume cvolume cswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100 Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Capture 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] [off] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] Capture 0 [0%] [-99999.99dB] [off] Simple mixer control 'PC Speaker',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 15 Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [-45.00dB] [off] Simple mixer control 'Aux',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Capture [off] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Capture',0 Capabilities: cvolume cswitch cswitch-joined Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Capture 0 - 15 Front Left: Capture 0 [0%] [0.00dB] [on] Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [0.00dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'Mix',0 Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Front Left: Capture [off] Front Right: Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Mix Mono',0 Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Front Left: Capture [off] Front Right: Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'AC97',0 Capabilities: pvolume cvolume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 100 Capture 0 - 100 Front Left: Playback 80 [80%] [-8.00dB] Capture 80 [80%] [-8.00dB] Front Right: Playback 80 [80%] [-8.00dB] Capture 80 [80%] [-8.00dB] Simple mixer control 'External Amplifier',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Simple mixer control 'SB Live Analog/Digital Output Jack',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Simple mixer control 'Sigmatel 4-Speaker Stereo',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] Simple mixer control 'Sigmatel Output Bias',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] Simple mixer control 'Sigmatel Surround',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-46.50dB] [off] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-46.50dB] [off] Simple mixer control 'Sigmatel Surround Phase Inversion Playback ',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] .....codec info........ ................End tsalsa............................