Comment 7 for bug 13185

(In reply to comment #6)
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> So, if they are standard users hence only need 4 or 5, 6 channels max, they
> would probably like to have everything on the same panel as well ?

The split between input and output channels makes sense imho.

> I notice that "ALSA" does not arrange my channels in the same way as OSS does,
> which I think only goes to demonstrate how arbitraty the Playback/Capture split
> is ? Hence the need to be able to force it to arrange them the way the user
wants.

No, that's not arbitraty but probably due to a bug, that's why I've asked the
screenshots.

> No sound card as such, just the usual/classic on-board 'AC 97 chip that the
> motherboard came with. Nothing fancy really, yet plenty good enough for I ask it
> to do... :-)

an onboard audio chipset is also a soundcard. Can you get the exact reference
with lspci ?