SBLive5.1 problem

[Chris Jones]

Brian Fahrlander wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 11:59 +0530, Deekshit Mantampady wrote:
> 
>>Hi,
>>   I am haveing a SBLive 5.1 with FC3. I am not getting my mixer
>>controls properly. It simply does not work. ALSA speaker test produces
>>sound only from 4 channels. It didn't produce sound from center and
>>woofer. There are lot of cntrols in the mixer and I don't understand
>>what to mute and what to unmute. I trie dalmost all possible
>>combination and didn't work.
> 
> 
>     Look for "Surround".  Any combination of 'wave surround' or 'pcm
> surround' that's what controls the woofer/etc.  And if your unit's like
> mine (Creative) there's also a surround volume built onto the line.
> 

I have a similar problem - Cannot get the front left/right speakers to 
work at all. Never have. The others (rear left/right, centre and woofer) 
work fine.

I've tried fiddling with kmix/alsamix on many occasions but never got 
anywhere and eventually got bored trying. In fact, it doesn't seem to 
make much difference at all which makes me suspect something else is 
controling things. What apps do you use ??

cheers Chris