it cant see such pcm speaker-test -c 2 -t wav -d -D surround21:0 speaker-test 1.0.27.2 Playback device is surround21:0 Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 2 channels WAV file(s) ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM surround21:0 Playback open error: -2,No such file or directory aplay -L null Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture) pulse PulseAudio Sound Server default Playback/recording through the PulseAudio sound server sysdefault:CARD=PCH HDA Intel PCH, ALC663 Analog Default Audio Device front:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, ALC663 Analog Front speakers surround40:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, ALC663 Analog 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers surround41:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, ALC663 Analog 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround50:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, ALC663 Analog 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers surround51:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, ALC663 Analog 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround71:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, ALC663 Analog 7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers iec958:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, ALC663 Digital IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output dmix:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, ALC663 Analog Direct sample mixing device dmix:CARD=PCH,DEV=1 HDA Intel PCH, ALC663 Digital Direct sample mixing device dsnoop:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, ALC663 Analog Direct sample snooping device dsnoop:CARD=PCH,DEV=1 HDA Intel PCH, ALC663 Digital Direct sample snooping device hw:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, ALC663 Analog Direct hardware device without any conversions hw:CARD=PCH,DEV=1 HDA Intel PCH, ALC663 Digital Direct hardware device without any conversions plughw:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, ALC663 Analog Hardware device with all software conversions plughw:CARD=PCH,DEV=1 HDA Intel PCH, ALC663 Digital Hardware device with all software conversions in pulseaudio i have 2.1 profile here is the output of default pcm (in pulse 2.1 profile is set) -- pulse have enable lfe remixing in conf set to yes speaker-test -c 2 -t wav -d speaker-test 1.0.27.2 Playback device is default Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 2 channels WAV file(s) Rate set to 48000Hz (requested 48000Hz) Buffer size range from 96 to 1048576 Period size range from 32 to 349526 Using max buffer size 1048576 Periods = 4 was set period_size = 262144 was set buffer_size = 1048576 ALSA <-> PulseAudio PCM I/O Plugin Its setup is: stream : PLAYBACK access : RW_INTERLEAVED format : S16_LE subformat : STD channels : 2 rate : 48000 exact rate : 48000 (48000/1) msbits : 16 buffer_size : 1048576 period_size : 262144 period_time : 5461333 tstamp_mode : NONE period_step : 1 avail_min : 262144 period_event : 0 start_threshold : 1048576 stop_threshold : 1048576 silence_threshold: 0 silence_size : 0 boundary : 4611686018427387904 0 - Front Left 1 - Front Right Time per period = 3,032548 0 - Front Left 1 - Front Right both front-left / front-right can be heard from subwoofer