This weekend I've recompiled my kernel and I noticed something new: The
High Definition Audio section.
After enabling the
hdaudio and
hdafg options, I noticed that
MIXERCTL(1) handles all the audio features (ex: volume) independently, that is, I can set 50% in the front jack and 75% in the back jack.
NOTE: The reason I've started this thread is to give a little heads-up, that is, audio applications like gxine only allow control to the primary output (
outputs.master).
PS: When I first booted the new kernel I thought it was an audio bug but, after doing a '
mixerctl -a', I realized it was actually a feature.