.....laptop............... y	
        plugs: y	
        spdif: y	
        model options: y	
        number of speakers... y 	
        external amplifier... y 	
.....distro............... Arch Linux (Duke)	
.....release.............. arch-release	
.....System.............. Linux pc 2.6.21-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jun 11 23:47:51 CEST 2007 i686 Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.26GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux	
.....vendor/dev id.......	
        1106 3059	
.....vendor/dev module...	
        alias pci:v00001106d00003059sv*sd*bc*sc*i* snd_via82xx	
.....vendor/device: 1106:3059 Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp Unknown device 8212	
.....lspci info.........	
	00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60)	
.....alsa driver........ 1.0.14rc3	
.....alsa lib........... 1.0.14a	
.....alsa utils......... 1.0.14	
.....alsa modules.......	
        snd_via82xx	
.....snd/soundcore........	
        snd                    44516  13 snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss	
soundcore               6496  1 snd	
.....alsa cards.........	
	 0 [V8237          ]: VIA8237 - VIA 8237	
	                      VIA 8237 with ALC655 at 0xe400, irq 22	
.....codec..............	
0-0/0: Realtek ALC655 rev 0	

PCI Subsys Vendor: 0x1565	
PCI Subsys Device: 0x8212	

.....lsof output...... 	
	COMMAND    PID USER   FD   TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME	
	xfce-mcs- 3743   gg    5u   CHR  116,0      3287 /dev/snd/controlC0	

.....amixer contents....	
  	
'Surround Jack Mode'  ; Item #0 'Shared'  ; Item #1 'Independent'--  : values=off	
'Mic Select'  ; Item #0 'Mic1'  ; Item #1 'Mic2'--  	
'Mono Output Select'  ; Item #0 'Mix'  ; Item #1 'Mic'  : values=0	
'Capture Source'  ; Item #0 'Mic'  ; Item #1 'CD'  ; Item #2 'Video'  ; Item #3 'Aux'  ; Item #4 'Line'  ; Item #5 'Mix'  ; Item #6 'Mix Mono'  ; Item #7 'Phone'--  : values=[AES0=0x00 AES1=0x82 AES2=0x00 AES3=0x02]	
'IEC958 Playback Source'  ; Item #0 'PCM'  ; Item #1 'Analog In'  ; Item #2 'IEC958 In'--  : values=off	
'Channel Mode'  ; Item #0 '2ch'  ; Item #1 '4ch'  ; Item #2 '6ch'--  : values=on	
'Input Source Select'  ; Item #0 'Input1'  ; Item #1 'Input2'  : values=0	
'Input Source Select',index=1  ; Item #0 'Input1'  ; Item #1 'Input2'	

.....amixer summary.....	
amixer set 'Master',0 87%,87% on	
amixer set 'Master Mono',0 0% off	
amixer set 'PCM',0 90%,90% on	
amixer set 'Surround',0 87%,87% on	
amixer set 'Surround Jack Mode',0 Items: 'Shared' 'Independent' Item0: 'Shared'	
amixer set 'Center',0 100% on	
amixer set 'LFE',0 97% on	
amixer set 'Line',0 0% off 0% off Capture off	
amixer set 'CD',0 68%,68% on Capture off	
amixer set 'Mic',0 0% off Capture off	
amixer set 'Mic Boost ( 20dB)',0 off	
amixer set 'Mic Select',0 Items: 'Mic1' 'Mic2' Item0: 'Mic1'	
amixer set 'Video',0 Capture off	
amixer set 'Phone',0 0% off Capture off	
amixer set 'IEC958',0 on Capture off	
amixer set 'IEC958 Output',0 off	
amixer set 'IEC958 Playback AC97-SPSA',0 Mono: 3 100%	
amixer set 'IEC958 Playback Source',0 Items: 'PCM' 'Analog In' 'IEC958 In' Item0: 'PCM'	
amixer set 'PC Speaker',0 100% on	
amixer set 'Aux',0 0% off 0% off Capture off	
amixer set 'Mono Output Select',0 Items: 'Mix' 'Mic' Item0: 'Mix'	
amixer set 'Capture',0 Capture 1 7%,Capture 1 7% on	
amixer set 'Mix',0 Capture on	
amixer set 'Mix Mono',0 Capture off	
amixer set 'Channel Mode',0 Items: '2ch' '4ch' '6ch' Item0: '6ch'	
amixer set 'Duplicate Front',0 off	
amixer set 'External Amplifier',0 on	
amixer set 'Input Source Select',0 Items: 'Input1' 'Input2' Item0: 'Input1'	
amixer set 'Input Source Select',1 Items: 'Input1' 'Input2' Item0: 'Input1'	
amixer set 'VIA DXS',0 100% 100%	
amixer set 'VIA DXS',1 100% 100%	
amixer set 'VIA DXS',2 100% 100%	
amixer set 'VIA DXS',3 100% 100%	

.....amixer............	
Simple mixer control 'Master',0	
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined	
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right	
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31	
  Mono:	
  Front Left: Playback 27 [87%] [-6.00dB] [on]	
  Front Right: Playback 27 [87%] [-6.00dB] [on]	
Simple mixer control 'Master Mono',0	
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined	
  Playback channels: Mono	
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31	
  Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [-46.50dB] [off]	
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0	
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined	
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right	
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31	
  Mono:	
  Front Left: Playback 28 [90%] [7.50dB] [on]	
  Front Right: Playback 28 [90%] [7.50dB] [on]	
Simple mixer control 'Surround',0	
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch	
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right	
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31	
  Mono:	
  Front Left: Playback 27 [87%] [-6.00dB] [on]	
  Front Right: Playback 27 [87%] [-6.00dB] [on]	
Simple mixer control 'Surround Jack Mode',0	
  Capabilities: enum	
  Items: 'Shared' 'Independent'	
  Item0: 'Shared'	
Simple mixer control 'Center',0	
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined	
  Playback channels: Mono	
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31	
  Mono: Playback 31 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]	
Simple mixer control 'LFE',0	
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined	
  Playback channels: Mono	
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31	
  Mono: Playback 30 [97%] [-1.50dB] [on]	
Simple mixer control 'Line',0	
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive	
  Capture exclusive group: 0	
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right	
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right	
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31	
  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Capture [off]	
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Capture [off]	
Simple mixer control 'CD',0	
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive	
  Capture exclusive group: 0	
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right	
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right	
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31	
  Front Left: Playback 21 [68%] [-3.00dB] [on] Capture [off]	
  Front Right: Playback 21 [68%] [-3.00dB] [on] Capture [off]	
Simple mixer control 'Mic',0	
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive	
  Capture exclusive group: 0	
  Playback channels: Mono	
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right	
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31	
  Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]	
  Front Left: Capture [off]	
  Front Right: Capture [off]	
Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost ( 20dB)',0	
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined	
  Playback channels: Mono	
  Mono: Playback [off]	
Simple mixer control 'Mic Select',0	
  Capabilities: enum	
  Items: 'Mic1' 'Mic2'	
  Item0: 'Mic1'	
Simple mixer control 'Video',0	
  Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive	
  Capture exclusive group: 0	
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right	
  Front Left: Capture [off]	
  Front Right: Capture [off]	
Simple mixer control 'Phone',0	
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive	
  Capture exclusive group: 0	
  Playback channels: Mono	
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right	
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31	
  Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]	
  Front Left: Capture [off]	
  Front Right: Capture [off]	
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0	
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-joined	
  Playback channels: Mono	
  Capture channels: Mono	
  Mono: Playback [on] Capture [off]	
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Output',0	
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined	
  Playback channels: Mono	
  Mono: Playback [off]	
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Playback AC97-SPSA',0	
  Capabilities: volume volume-joined	
  Playback channels: Mono	
  Capture channels: Mono	
  Limits: 0 - 3	
  Mono: 3 [100%]	
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Playback Source',0	
  Capabilities: enum	
  Items: 'PCM' 'Analog In' 'IEC958 In'	
  Item0: 'PCM'	
Simple mixer control 'PC Speaker',0	
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined	
  Playback channels: Mono	
  Limits: Playback 0 - 15	
  Mono: Playback 15 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]	
Simple mixer control 'Aux',0	
  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive	
  Capture exclusive group: 0	
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right	
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right	
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31	
  Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Capture [off]	
  Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Capture [off]	
Simple mixer control 'Mono Output Select',0	
  Capabilities: enum	
  Items: 'Mix' 'Mic'	
  Item0: 'Mix'	
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0	
  Capabilities: cvolume cswitch cswitch-joined	
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right	
  Limits: Capture 0 - 15	
  Front Left: Capture 1 [7%] [1.50dB] [on]	
  Front Right: Capture 1 [7%] [1.50dB] [on]	
Simple mixer control 'Mix',0	
  Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive	
  Capture exclusive group: 0	
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right	
  Front Left: Capture [on]	
  Front Right: Capture [on]	
Simple mixer control 'Mix Mono',0	
  Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive	
  Capture exclusive group: 0	
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right	
  Front Left: Capture [off]	
  Front Right: Capture [off]	
Simple mixer control 'Channel Mode',0	
  Capabilities: enum	
  Items: '2ch' '4ch' '6ch'	
  Item0: '6ch'	
Simple mixer control 'Duplicate Front',0	
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined	
  Playback channels: Mono	
  Mono: Playback [off]	
Simple mixer control 'External Amplifier',0	
  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined	
  Playback channels: Mono	
  Mono: Playback [on]	
Simple mixer control 'Input Source Select',0	
  Capabilities: enum	
  Items: 'Input1' 'Input2'	
  Item0: 'Input1'	
Simple mixer control 'Input Source Select',1	
  Capabilities: enum	
  Items: 'Input1' 'Input2'	
  Item0: 'Input1'	
Simple mixer control 'VIA DXS',0	
  Capabilities: pvolume	
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right	
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31	
  Mono:	
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [-48.00dB]	
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [-48.00dB]	
Simple mixer control 'VIA DXS',1	
  Capabilities: pvolume	
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right	
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31	
  Mono:	
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [-48.00dB]	
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [-48.00dB]	
Simple mixer control 'VIA DXS',2	
  Capabilities: pvolume	
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right	
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31	
  Mono:	
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [-48.00dB]	
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [-48.00dB]	
Simple mixer control 'VIA DXS',3	
  Capabilities: pvolume	
  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right	
  Limits: Playback 0 - 31	
  Mono:	
  Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [-48.00dB]	
  Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [-48.00dB]	

.....lspci -vn.........	
00:00.0 0600: 1106:0314	
	Subsystem: 1106:0314	
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 8	
	Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]	
	Capabilities: <access denied>	

00:00.1 0600: 1106:1314	
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0	

00:00.2 0600: 1106:2314	
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0	

00:00.3 0600: 1106:3208	
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0	

00:00.4 0600: 1106:4314	
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0	

00:00.7 0600: 1106:7314	
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0	

00:01.0 0604: 1106:b198 (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])	
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0	
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0	
	Memory behind bridge: f4000000-f5ffffff	
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: f0000000-f3ffffff	
	Capabilities: <access denied>	

00:0f.0 0101: 1106:0571 (rev 06) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])	
	Subsystem: 1565:3206	
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32	
	[virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8]	
	[virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [size=1]	
	[virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8]	
	[virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [size=1]	
	I/O ports at d000 [size=16]	
	Capabilities: <access denied>	

00:10.0 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 81) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])	
	Subsystem: 1565:3206	
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 21	
	I/O ports at d400 [size=32]	
	Capabilities: <access denied>	

00:10.1 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 81) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])	
	Subsystem: 1565:3206	
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 21	
	I/O ports at d800 [size=32]	
	Capabilities: <access denied>	

00:10.2 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 81) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])	
	Subsystem: 1565:3206	
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 21	
	I/O ports at dc00 [size=32]	
	Capabilities: <access denied>	

00:10.3 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 81) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])	
	Subsystem: 1565:3206	
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 21	
	I/O ports at e000 [size=32]	
	Capabilities: <access denied>	

00:10.4 0c03: 1106:3104 (rev 86) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])	
	Subsystem: 1565:3206	
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 21	
	Memory at f6000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]	
	Capabilities: <access denied>	

00:11.0 0601: 1106:3227	
	Subsystem: 1106:3227	
	Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 0	
	Capabilities: <access denied>	

00:11.5 0401: 1106:3059 (rev 60)	
	Subsystem: 1565:8212	
	Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 22	
	I/O ports at e400 [size=256]	
	Capabilities: <access denied>	

00:12.0 0200: 1106:3065 (rev 78)	
	Subsystem: 1106:0102	
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 23	
	I/O ports at ec00 [size=256]	
	Memory at f6001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]	
	Capabilities: <access denied>	

01:00.0 0300: 1106:3344 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [VGA])	
	Subsystem: 1565:1202	
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16	
	Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]	
	Memory at f4000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]	
	[virtual] Expansion ROM at f5000000 [disabled] [size=64K]	
	Capabilities: <access denied>	

.....codec info........	
1183048915 1183048915 1183048930 1183048930 1183048930 1183047846	
..........tsalsa end: Thu Jun 28 12:42:10 EDT 2007...........................