Comments on: How-to: Enable Surround Sound on Ubuntu Hardy

By: k0p1lu

k0p1lu — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:47:14 +0000

hy it works….but i got a problem after rebot have the setings but no more suround:( and nothing works…i tryed to make again the same thing but nope…don’t work can u help me pls?:D

By: Baasha

Baasha — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:03:53 +0000

I have the same Logitech 5.1 speaker system and have the same problem. I have a suspicion that the speakers have nothing to do with it though, as I was able to get 5.1 sound in Ubuntu Hardy with no problem. But now that a lot of people have moved on to Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) we can no longer enjoy 5.1. Perhaps it is time to start a new thread about enabling 5.1 in Ubuntu 9.10, if such a thing is possible. I have read some comments in other forums that Pulse Audio is completely broken in 9.10. Is this true Scott?

By: Helo1200

Helo1200 — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:37:15 +0000

I know this is a bit late considering the date this was posted but i have a bit of a problem with my system. I recently bought a Logitech x-530 5.1 surround set and Ive done every single thing you said on the how to but i still cant get the proper sound. Btw, i have Ubuntu 9.10 and i have a 7.1 surround sound

By: GIRISH

GIRISH — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:59:51 +0000

how to enable 2.1 surround in ubuntu? I set default-sample-channels = 3. but doesn’t work. help me.please….

By: pred

pred — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:24:06 +0000

Works great, thanks for putting this up!

By: antonio1

antonio1 — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:44:18 +0000

I can not see line in as output, this is what I wanted to say.

By: antonio1

antonio1 — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:43:06 +0000

hmmm, I can see line in as output, but thatś what I want because my output speaker is broken, and I need to have a sound through line-in. Do you know what else I have to change. More than this pavumeter dont work for me!

By: Sachin

Sachin — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:52:29 +0000

Hi Buddy,
Thnx fr this guide, I tried all these things but still I am getting sound only from front speakers & centre one. I hav Dell-studio laptop with 3 sockets for sound one for mic & other 2 for speakers. I use 5.1 in windows successfully with this arrangement. I hav installed ubuntu 9 under Windows. When I run test command, its testing sound only from front left & front right speakers, but while playing music I can hear music from two front speakers & centre also. When I opened volume control & then preferences, there its showing only 3 required options as Master, Front, Surround & its not showing other required options as Centre & LFE & not also line In Oputput. Please give me some suggetions as I am very new to linux.

By: ernesto

ernesto — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:52:06 +0000

Thank you for the post. This guide works on ubuntu jaunty (9.04) as well

The pavumeter is not installed by default in jaunty. If I install it via apt-get will I get any problems/conflicts will puslse and alsa mixer? I read somewhere installing pulse causes problems with alsa.

By: Jppdk

Jppdk — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:47:12 +0000

This is a great guide, no doubt and everything went as per plan until the “speaker-test -Dplug:surround51 -c6 -l1 -twav”. The correct channel sound came out of the correct speakers. But Rhythmbox and VLC Player which I used could not figure out which channel was which. Front left came from the rear speaker, back left was muted and LFE was booming even when I kept the LFE volume in ALSA Mixer to zero… any ideas?