Let me answer my own question: it turns out that the 'Master' control is ONLY for the front left and right speakers. Why is it labeled master then? This behavior is so not obvious and really should be documented somewhere. Any suggestions where I could add this to avoid other people's frustration?
Thanks, ~David On 11/28/06, David Mohr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I recently was working to get 5.1 sound to work (SB Live 5.1), so I > played around with alsamixer and it works now - just that now I have > sound on my center, rear speakers and subwoofer, but not front left > and right anymore... can anyone help me with this? It would be really > appreciated. I googled, but the symptoms are not good search terms, > unfortunately, and I didn't find anyone else with the same problem. > > Here is the output of 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 15 [48%] [on] > Front Right: Playback 15 [48%] [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 24 [24%] > Front Right: Playback 24 [24%] > 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 [on] > Front Right: Playback [on] > Simple mixer control 'Bass',0 > Capabilities: volume > Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right > Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right > Limits: 0 - 40 > Front Left: 8 [20%] > Front Right: 8 [20%] > 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 'PCM',0 > Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined > Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right > Limits: Playback 0 - 31 > Mono: > Front Left: Playback 12 [39%] [on] > Front Right: Playback 12 [39%] [on] > Simple mixer control 'Front',0 > Capabilities: cvolume cswitch cswitch-joined > Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right > Limits: Capture 0 - 100 > Front Left: Capture 0 [0%] [off] > Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [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%] Capture 0 [0%] [off] > Front Right: Playback 100 [100%] Capture 0 [0%] [off] > Simple mixer control 'Center',0 > Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined > Playback channels: Mono > Limits: Playback 0 - 100 > Mono: Playback 100 [100%] > Simple mixer control 'LFE',0 > Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined > Playback channels: Mono > Limits: Playback 0 - 100 > Mono: Playback 100 [100%] > 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%] Capture 80 [80%] [off] > Front Right: Playback 80 [80%] Capture 80 [80%] [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 100 [100%] Capture 80 [80%] [off] > Front Right: Playback 100 [100%] Capture 80 [80%] [off] > Simple mixer control 'Wave Center',0 > Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined > Playback channels: Mono > Limits: Playback 0 - 100 > Mono: Playback 100 [100%] > Simple mixer control 'Wave LFE',0 > Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined > Playback channels: Mono > Limits: Playback 0 - 100 > Mono: Playback 30 [30%] > Simple mixer control 'Wave Surround',0 > Capabilities: pvolume > Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right > Limits: Playback 0 - 100 > Mono: > Front Left: Playback 100 [100%] > Front Right: Playback 100 [100%] > 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 7 [23%] [off] Capture [off] > Front Right: Playback 7 [23%] [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%] Capture 0 [0%] [off] > Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] Capture 0 [0%] [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%] Capture 0 [0%] [off] > Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] Capture 0 [0%] [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%] [off] Capture [off] > Front Right: Playback 25 [81%] [off] 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 31 [100%] [off] > 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%] [off] Capture [off] > Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [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%] [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%] Capture 0 [0%] [off] > Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] Capture 0 [0%] [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%] Capture 0 [0%] [off] > Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] Capture 0 [0%] [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%] Capture 0 [0%] [off] > Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] Capture 0 [0%] [off] > Simple mixer control 'PC Speaker',0 > Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined > Playback channels: Mono > Limits: Playback 0 - 15 > Mono: Playback 4 [27%] [on] > 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 11 [35%] [off] Capture [off] > Front Right: Playback 11 [35%] [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 15 [100%] [on] > Front Right: Capture 15 [100%] [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 76 [76%] Capture 80 [80%] > Front Right: Playback 76 [76%] Capture 80 [80%] > 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 [off] > > Thanks a bunch! > > ~David > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. 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