..why no laptop/desktop info?.. number of speakers... .....distro............... Ubuntu 7.04 \n \lDISTRIB_ID=UbuntuDISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 7.04" .....release.............. lsb-release .....System.............. Linux axlaptop 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Thu Jun 7 20:19:32 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux .....vendor/dev id....... 1002 4383 .....vendor/dev module... alias pci:v00001002d00004383sv*sd*bc*sc*i* snd_hda_intel .....vendor/device: 1002:4383 Subsystem: Unknown device 1631:c023 .....lspci info......... 00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Azalia .....alsa driver........ 1.0.14rc1 .....alsa lib........... .....alsa utils......... 1.0.13 .....alsa modules....... snd_hda_intel .....alsa cards......... 0 [SB ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI SB HDA ATI SB at 0xfebf4000 irq 11 .....codec.............. Codec: Realtek ALC660-VD .....lsof output...... COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME mixer_app 5556 axl 18u CHR 116,7 13457 /dev/snd/controlC0 .....amixer contents.... : values=off 'Input Source' ; Item #0 'Mic' ; Item #1 'Front Mic' ; Item #2 'CD' .....amixer summary..... amixer set 'Headphone',0 off off amixer set 'PCM',0 100% 100% amixer set 'Front',0 100%,100% on amixer set 'Front Mic',0 0% off 0% off amixer set 'CD',0 81%,81% on amixer set 'Mic',0 0% off 0% off amixer set 'IEC958',0 off amixer set 'Capture',0 Capture 0 0%,Capture 0 0% on amixer set 'Input Source',0 Items: 'Mic' 'Front Mic' 'CD' Item0: 'Mic' .....amixer............ Simple mixer control 'Headphone',0 Capabilities: pswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Mono: Front Left: Playback [off] Front Right: Playback [off] 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 - 64 Mono: Front Left: Playback 64 [100%] [0.00dB] [on] Front Right: Playback 64 [100%] [0.00dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'Front Mic',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Simple mixer control 'CD',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Front Left: Playback 25 [81%] [3.00dB] [on] Front Right: Playback 25 [81%] [3.00dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'Mic',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] Simple mixer control 'Capture',0 Capabilities: cvolume cswitch Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Capture 0 - 31 Front Left: Capture 0 [0%] [-13.50dB] [on] Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [-13.50dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'Input Source',0 Capabilities: enum Items: 'Mic' 'Front Mic' 'CD' Item0: 'Mic' .....lspci -vn......... 00:00.0 0600: 1002:5a31 (rev 01) Subsystem: 1631:c023 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64 Memory at (64-bit, non-prefetchable) 00:01.0 0604: 1002:5a3f (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64 I/O behind bridge: 0000b000-0000bfff Memory behind bridge: fa800000-fa8fffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: aff00000-bfefffff Capabilities: 00:04.0 0604: 1002:5a36 (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0 Memory behind bridge: fa900000-fa9fffff Capabilities: 00:05.0 0604: 1002:5a37 (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=05, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000dfff Memory behind bridge: faa00000-fe9fffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000bff00000-00000000dfefffff Capabilities: 00:06.0 0604: 1002:5a38 (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=06, subordinate=06, sec-latency=0 Capabilities: 00:07.0 0604: 1002:5a39 (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=07, subordinate=07, sec-latency=0 Capabilities: 00:13.0 0c03: 1002:4387 (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: 1631:c023 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11 Memory at febff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: 00:13.1 0c03: 1002:4388 (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: 1631:c023 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 5 Memory at febfe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: 00:13.2 0c03: 1002:4389 (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: 1631:c023 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 3 Memory at febfd000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: 00:13.3 0c03: 1002:438a (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: 1631:c023 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 5 Memory at febfc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: 00:13.4 0c03: 1002:438b (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: 1631:c023 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 3 Memory at febfb000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: 00:13.5 0c03: 1002:4386 (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) Subsystem: 1631:c023 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 7 Memory at febfac00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: 00:14.0 0c05: 1002:4385 (rev 13) Subsystem: 1631:c023 Flags: 66MHz, medium devsel I/O ports at 0b00 [size=16] Memory at 40000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K] 00:14.1 0101: 1002:438c (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP]) Subsystem: 1631:c023 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11 I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8] I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1] I/O ports at 0170 [size=8] I/O ports at 0374 [size=1] I/O ports at ff00 [size=16] Capabilities: 00:14.2 0403: 1002:4383 Subsystem: 1631:c023 Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11 Memory at febf4000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: 00:14.3 0601: 1002:438d Subsystem: 1631:c023 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0 00:14.4 0604: 1002:4384 (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode]) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64 Bus: primary=00, secondary=08, subordinate=08, sec-latency=64 I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff Memory behind bridge: fea00000-feafffff 01:05.0 0300: 1002:5a62 (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: 1631:c023 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 255, IRQ 5 Memory at b0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] I/O ports at b800 [size=256] Memory at fa8f0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] Expansion ROM at fa8c0000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: 02:00.0 0200: 168c:001c (rev 01) Subsystem: 168c:3065 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11 Memory at fa9f0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] Capabilities: 08:07.0 0200: 10ec:8139 (rev 10) Subsystem: 1631:c023 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 6 I/O ports at e000 [size=256] Memory at fea00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: