[Lysdestic]

I hate to bump this, but I've made progress.

Ditched pulse.

Surround, all channels, even on two channel audio works.

I used softvol to create a master channel. Works, However, It doesn't seem to work on reboot unless I restart alsa.

Besides sofvol not working on reboot, unless I rcalsasound restart, I can't have multiple apps using sound. IE, if amarok is playing music, kopete will not play sounds.

Any ideas?

EDIT: Here is my /etc/asound.conf:

pcm.!dmix {
   type plug
   slave {
       pcm surround51
       channels 6
   }
}
pcm.!default {
   type plug
   slave.pcm "softvol"
   slave.channels 6
   route_policy duplicate
}
pcm.softvol {
        type softvol
        slave {
                pcm "dmix"    
        }
        control {
                name "Master Volume"
                card 0
        }
}