control sound volume in linux

From: berthelot samuel (samuel.berthelot_at_voila.fr)
Date: 09/28/03 

Date: 28 Sep 2003 11:11:27 -0700

Hi all,
I have a problem for a long time that I never figured out how to solve
(not that I spent a lot of time looking for a solution either:)
I have a sound blaster live platinium 5.1 and Linux Mandrake 9.0
My problem is that I don't know how to control the sound volume under
linux (I can only control it through my speakers control button). I
found a few applications in linux that allow controling the volume but
unfortunately changes don't have any effects on it...
Can you help me ?
thanx.
Sam