[TriLUG] Surround (Rear) Speakers

[Tarus Balog]

Jeff Tickle said:

> It seems that the default sound configuration in Red Hat Linux has the
> front speakers in a 4-speaker setup much louder than the rear.  It
> really defeats the purpose of surround speakers, and its been a problem
> before (7.3 too if I remember correctly), but I've just ignored it until
> now.
>
> This morning it just started to particularly annoy me.  I searched
> Google and was unable to find any mention of this problem, so maybe its
> just me.

It's just you.

(grin)

A google search on "soundblaster live linux rear volume" came up with

http://www.euronet.nl/~mailme/old_page/index5.html

on the first try. I think

"My mixer Patch against CVS010800 to fix rear/front volume control (Line2
control is now balance)."

may help.

-T

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