Problem solved. There's a switch for "SB Live Analog/Digital Output Jack" that I need to have set to Off, and suddenly four speaker output works.
Adam On Mon, 6 Oct 2003, Adam K Kirchhoff wrote: > > On Mon, 6 Oct 2003, Takashi Iwai wrote: > > > At Sat, 4 Oct 2003 10:35:22 -0400 (EDT), > > Adam K Kirchhoff wrote: > > > > > > > > > Takashi, > > > > > > "Wave Surround" is currently maxed out, and I'm still only getting > > > audio from the front speakers. In fact, looking at alsamixer, I'm > > > noticing that there's no option for "3D Control - Switch," "3D Control > > > Sigmatel - Depth," or "3D Control Sigmatel - Rear Depth". All three > > > options currently show up for my SB Live! at work (Chip: SigmaTel > > > STA9708/11). > > > > these "3D xxx" switches are for the 3D enhancement switches on ac97 > > codec, and apparently they don't work although they exist. so, it has > > nothing to do with the real surround output. > > > > i have no exact idea what happens there. to check more preceisely, > > please attach the content of /etc/asound.state. > > I've posted it at: > > http://memory.visualtech.com/asound.state > > I'm at something of a loss, so any ideas would be helpful :-) > > Adam > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user