> Does your machine physically have 4 output jacks Yes. > have you selected the correct output profile There is no 7.1 there. Attached is a screenshot of what's there.
The way I confirm this is an alsa bug speaker-test -Dplug:surround71 -c8 -l1 -twav plays only front left and front right. It also worth mentioning that I need to kill pulseaudio or use alsa directly from applications to be able to hear any thing. -- Realtek ALC888 recognized as having 2 channels instead of 8 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/642230 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs