.....laptop............... Generic whitebox (VIA chipsets) .....distro............... Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 \n \l .....System.............. Linux chaos 2.6.20-1-686 #1 SMP Tue Apr 24 21:52:11 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux .....vendor/dev id....... 1106 3288 .....lspci info......... 06:01.0 Audio device: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA High Definition Audio Controller (rev 10) .....alsa driver........ 1.0.14rc1 .....alsa lib........... .....alsa utils......... 1.0.13 .....alsa modules....... snd_hda_intel .....alsa cards......... alsa cards: 0 [VT82xx ]: HDA-Intel - HDA VIA VT82xx HDA VIA VT82xx at 0xcb000000 irq 22 .....amixer summary..... amixer set 'Headphone',0 4%,4% on amixer set 'PCM',0 100% 100% amixer set 'Front',0 100%,100% on amixer set 'Capture',0 Capture 20 100% off Capture 20 100% off amixer set 'Caller ID',0 off amixer set 'Off-hook',0 off .....amixer............ Simple mixer control 'Headphone',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 27 Mono: Front Left: Playback 1 [4%] [-45.50dB] [on] Front Right: Playback 1 [4%] [-45.50dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'PCM',0 Capabilities: pvolume Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 255 Mono: Front Left: Playback 255 [100%] [0.00dB] Front Right: Playback 255 [100%] [0.00dB] Simple mixer control 'Front',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [14.00dB] [on] Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [14.00dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'Capture',0 Capabilities: cvolume cswitch Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Capture 0 - 20 Front Left: Capture 20 [100%] [35.00dB] [off] Front Right: Capture 20 [100%] [35.00dB] [off] Simple mixer control 'Caller ID',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] Simple mixer control 'Off-hook',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off]