If you open the systemsettings control panel and go into Media I believe, you can play with the phonon components and change plugin usage and hardware usage. You might want to install the phonon-vlc components, they worked well for me on my 7.1 usb hardware. Also, make sure your sound levels are not muted... you might want to run 'alsamixer -V all' from the command line and un-mute anything that is muted. Then when you have your levels set nicely, run 'sudo alsactl store' Natjam On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 5:30 PM, Richard Wilson wrote: > All, > > I could use some help on how to get sound working on a new (for me anyway) > system I recently rescued (rescued = replaced power supply and overwrote > corrupt Windows installation with Linux). This system has an ASUS A8V > Deluxe motherboard with an on board 8 channel sound controller. > > I ran the alsa-info.sh script and it stored my config out at > http://www.alsa-project.org/**db/?f=**86fa0d5cc3e84072b1df4611187bf7** > aadb4b0dd8 I am not working with anyone there yet though. > > I have a known working pair of powered speakers attached to the appropriate > output for only 2 speakers (according to the ASUS documentation). but am > getting absolutely nothing. > > I am running Fedora 15 PAE kernel, KDE 4.6.5-1 > > Nothing I have tried so far has worked -- I am not very savvy when it comes > to sound cards. Any help/poinjters would be appreciated. > > TIA, > > Rich Wilson > ------------------------------**--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.**phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.**us/mailman/listinfo/plug-**discuss > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nathan England I believe in the Constitution and the 4th Amendment. I am innocent and have nothing to hide, but NO agent of the state crosses my threshhold without a valid warrant signed by a judge and properly submitted. If we fail to exercise our rights, we lose them.