On Thursday, Aug 22, 2002, at 20:09 Australia/Sydney, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Hi!
>>>
>>> You need to unmute the optical out. It shows up as a device with no
>>> volume
>>> controls or anything, all you can do is mute/unmute it.
>>
>> How do I do that? It's been a while since I've fiddled around with the
>> settings...
>
>> Would IEC 958 Output be the SPDIF output? How would I unmute it, as
>> well as make it stereo (or enable more channels...)?
>
> Yes, IEC 958 Output is the SPDIF output. And you can only switch it 
> on/off
> by unmuting/muting it. So a mono control is enough. I don't know how 
> to do
> this using amixer, but you could try
> alsamixer,
> the console based 'graphical' ALSA mixer tool. Hitting <space> you can
> select your input source and hitting <m> you can mute/unmute channels. 
> And there
> are some other keys... :) Have a look at man alsamixer.

That seems to have fixed it! Thanks!

However, the sound seems to come only out of the rear speakers (and a 
tiny little bit from the centre speaker...) Previously, at the same 
volume level, it came out of all the speakers and was much lourder.

Any ideas?

Thanks!



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