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Enabling surround sound on Ubuntu 9.10

Surround sound, on most systems, is supported out-of-the-box when using Ubuntu 9.10. However, you will need to enable it first, otherwise the system will only use stereo.

To enable surround sound right click on the panel icon for volume control and click on "Sound Preferences". Switch to the "Hardware" tab. Open the drop-down list for profiles and choose a suitable surround profile (for example, 5.1 surround). You can tweak the settings on the "Output" tab.

If you can't see a surround profile in the drop-down list then your card either isn't supported properly, doesn't support surround or hasn't been detected properly. In any case you can probably find help via the Ubuntu forums.