which 4.1 surround speaker do you have and how many audio jacks (green/back) ?
cs4630 require firmware to support multi-channels can you post the verbose pulseaudio log? since cs46xx use multi plugin to use three stereo device 0,1,3 for surround5.1 device.string = "surround41:0" device.buffering.buffer_size = "163840" device.buffering.fragment_size = "5120" device.access_mode = "mmap+timer" device.profile.name = "analog-surround-41" device.profile.description = "Surround analogico 4.1" device.description = "Audio interno Surround analogico 4.1" **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: CS46xx [Sound Fusion CS46xx], device 0: CS46xx [CS46xx] Subdevices: 31/31 card 0: CS46xx [Sound Fusion CS46xx], device 1: CS46xx - Rear [CS46xx - Rear] Subdevices: 31/31 card 0: CS46xx [Sound Fusion CS46xx], device 2: CS46xx - IEC958 [CS46xx - IEC958] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: CS46xx [Sound Fusion CS46xx], device 3: CS46xx - Center LFE [CS46xx - Center LFE] Subdevices: 31/31 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1047543 Title: [CS46xx - Sound Fusion CS46xx, playback] fails after a while To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1047543/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs