I can see that im not the only one with the problem and a patch has been 
proposed at: 
http://archives.free.net.ph/message/20070202.054857.a997ed87.en.html

Author: crimsun
Date: 2007-02-02 06:48 +100
To: kernel-team
Subject: [PATCH] UBUNTU sound/pci/ac97/: Fix vt1617a build ops (ac97_patch.c)
>From 8d9cf71c028b726aaf1ef6ef88c23cbd6323e3e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel T. Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 00:19:47 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] UBUNTU sound/pci/ac97/: Fix vt1617a build ops (ac97_patch.c)

Status: Committed in upstream alsa-kernel hg

This patch connects the extra vt1616 controls for the vt1617a, which
is necessary to control the rear speakers on e.g. a Shuttle SN25P.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Jacobowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Daniel T Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
sound/pci/ac97/ac97_patch.c | 1 +
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sound/pci/ac97/ac97_patch.c b/sound/pci/ac97/ac97_patch.c
index e813968..e4f28e3 100644
--- a/sound/pci/ac97/ac97_patch.c
+++ b/sound/pci/ac97/ac97_patch.c
@@ -2821,6 +2821,7 @@ int patch_vt1617a(struct snd_ac97 * ac97)
    snd_ac97_write_cache(ac97, 0x5c, 0x20);
    ac97->ext_id |= AC97_EI_SPDIF;    /* force the detection of spdif */
    ac97->rates[AC97_RATES_SPDIF] = SNDRV_PCM_RATE_44100 | SNDRV_PCM_RATE_48000;
+    ac97->build_ops = &patch_vt1616_ops;
    return 0;
}

-- 
1.4.4.2


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** Summary changed:

- [Feisty] ALSA VIA VT8237 AC97 Audio Controller 5.1 surround broken
+ [Feisty] ALSA VIA VT1617A AC97 Audio Controller 5.1 surround broken

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[Feisty] ALSA VIA VT1617A AC97 Audio Controller 5.1 surround broken
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/110010
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