Installing linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-14-generic-pae, restarting alsa-utils and killing pulseaudio fixed the 5.1 problem for me. I got the center channel working by unmuting it from alsamixer.
Kernel: 2.6.31-14-generic-pae #48-Ubuntu SMP Sound card: Creative X-Fi
Installing linux-backports -modules- 2.6.31- 14-generic- pae, restarting alsa-utils and killing pulseaudio fixed the 5.1 problem for me. I got the center channel working by unmuting it from alsamixer.
Kernel: 2.6.31- 14-generic- pae #48-Ubuntu SMP
Sound card: Creative X-Fi