Sound balance not working

[Gekoncze]

Hi,
I would like to adjust sound balance for my headphones, but the sound configuration in gnome-control-center doesn't work. I can move here right and left with the balance button without effect. How can I make it working? (other sound settings works)
EDIT: It works only for extreme values (when the button is on the corner), but it is still useless.

[george_toolan]

For me it just works once if I hit the backspace key in a terminal window. After the first sound effect the sliders automagically move back to the middle.

[Gekoncze]

It doesn't happen to me, the slider stays on it's position, but without effect.

[Gekoncze]

I have installed package pavucontrol and it seems to work, but I have to test it a little more.
EDIT: I also tried gnome-alsamixer (which wasn't in the repository) and it seems to work even better than pavucontrol. I hope the configuration will survive reboot

[Gekoncze]

The sound settings didn't survive reboot, anybody knows how to set it permanently with gnome-alsamixer?
Sound is also a little buggy with gnome-alsamixer...