There actually isn't/wasn't an /etc/asound.conf... that was one of the annoying parts. I'll have a look at that link. I kinda wonder if maybe alsa isn't the Top Dog in sound anymore. On Mon, 25 Mar 2013, Jeremy MountainJohnson wrote: > Did you also copy over /etc/asound.conf (or where ever Ubuntu stores > the global ALSA config file)? > > Hate to lead you to other distro territory for this, but it could help: > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Advanced_Linux_Sound_Architecture#Upmixing.2FDownmixing > > -- > Jeremy MountainJohnson > Jeremy.MountainJohnson at gmail.com > > > On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 3:51 PM, Yaron <tclug at freakzilla.com> wrote: >> Ok folks, it's "Alsa Is Driving Me Crazy YET AGAIN" time. >> >> My media center computer's SSD (which is ancient and crappy) is thinking >> about dying, and I wanted some different software on there (DOWNgrading >> MythTV to 0.24, in fact) so perfect time to throw a new drive in there and >> start from scratch since I have a backup. >> >> Now I can't get sound to work right. >> >> These are both Ubuntu systems, the new one is 12.10, the old one, uh. >> Probably 12.04 via updates. >> >> I... remember going through a lot of trouble to get alsa to work correctly >> in the first place, including giving m full surround sound etc. Now the >> thing doesn't even show I have the surround channels. >> >> Here's the thing. I copied over .asoundrc. I even copied over all of >> /usr/share/alsa from the previous installation. Still nothing. At one point >> I managed to get SOME surround sound but the channels were a mess... >> >> Anyway, before I go looking for an alsa-list with it's crazy amount of >> unhelpful snark, I figured I'd throw it on here. >> >> Does anyone know exactly what I need to copy from the old installation to >> make it so alsa has the exact same configuration? >> >> >> TIA! >> >> >> >> -- >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > --