Output for getting alsa help

ls /dev/snd/

kmix (kde mixer, has section for switches like Optical Raw)

View mixer settings:
cat /etc/asound.state

[root@be ~]# rpm -qa | egrep xine
xinetd-2.3.13-4
xine-0.99.3-2.1.fc3.rf
xine-lib-1.0.0-2.1.fc3.rf

[root@be ~]# rpm -qa |egrep alsa
alsa-lib-1.0.6-3
alsa-tools-1.0.6-1
alsa-utils-1.0.6-3
alsa-lib-devel-1.0.6-3

less ~/.xine/config