[Alsa-user] CVS, Realtek ALC655 and 'Line-In As Surround' not working

I've tried CVS which has now got support for the Realtek ALC655. I tried setting 'Line-In As Surround' and playing through the rear speakers (connected to line-in jack BTW) but I'm not getting any sound. Can anyone see any flaws here? Am I right in assuming that 1. hw:0,1 is a 6-channel device 2.

[Alsa-user] HDSP: No stereo 'PCM' scontrol for XMMS_Alsa: HOWTO?

Can anyone give me tips on configuring Multiface HDSP to work with XMMS/Alsa or Xine - especially how to specify the Mixer Card no and Mixer Device. I have read the Linux journal article and both aplay, and alsaplayer are working. My .asoundrc file is below. (BTW card 0 is the onboard via82xx

[Alsa-user] via82xx: Alsa use blue/pink jacks as 5.1 outputs (winxp can)

Hi, I am using a Gigabyte KT600 Motherboard with a VIA multimedia chip. 00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60) controller. There is a Windows application which comes with the mobo that allows the blue and pink jacks to be used