My first post, please be gentle 
I have several sound-devices in my current computer, namely
1 - Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS
2 - Yamaha AP U70 external hifi/amplifier
3 - Onboard “VIA 8237 ALC655” (disabled in bios cuz it’s worthless)
4 - a USB Headset identified by openSUSE as “CMedia USB Headphone Set”
All devices are functional (I haven’t tried the onboard for natural reasons - it’s crap and i don’t care whether it works or not), and no errors anywhere.
When I ran Windows (shrugs) I had the Audigy setup as primary sound device, and used the Yamaha amp only when watching movies or having a party. The headset I used mainly when pounding away in Fruity Loops and other stuff where non-disturbance mode was necessary
I can’t, however, for the life of me figure out how to get sound from my Yamaha amp in openSUSE. When I run the “test audio”-thingy i get sound from it, but I can’t figure out how to use it the way I’m used to. In Windows all I did was go to Sound in the control panel, and select the Yamaha in the dropdown box. When I try to do that in the sound part of the control panel, it’s a no-go. I move the Yamaha to the top-position but nothing happens. When restart ALSA (“rcalsasound restart”), all devices but the Audigy get greyed out.
Anyone have any advice for me? I run openSUSE 11 x86_64 and KDE 4.