Hello, I am answering to my own mail just to ask if there is any further information i could provide to make things more clear?
As Lee told me it should work right out of the box, I am suspicious now, that I am missing something obvious!? Any hints, anybody? Cheers, Franz > Hello Lee, > > thanks for the quick reply. > > The nature of the problem is, in a nutshell, i don't hear any sound (although > the connected cd-player gives output). I verified that my hardware setup > works using another OS, where things worked flawlessly. So I suppose I should > hear sound. > > I played around with alsa-mixer. Interesting options where > - IEC958 Playback AC97-SPSA Capture (which is set to maximum) > - IEC958 Playback AC97-SPSA (which is set to maximum) > - ICE958 (which is set to PCM) > > Is there any other option in alsa-mixer that i should take a look at? > > And some information, that alsa is willing to provide on my sound-system: > schenk > cat /proc/asound/cards > 0 [V8237 ]: VIA8237 - VIA 8237 > VIA 8237 with ALC658D at 0xd800, irq 17 > schenk > cat /proc/asound/devices > 17: [0- 1]: digital audio playback > 25: [0- 1]: digital audio capture > 16: [0- 0]: digital audio playback > 24: [0- 0]: digital audio capture > 0: [0- 0]: ctl > 33: : timer > > Hopefully these informations were helpful to go ahead?! > > Best regards, > Franz > > On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 15:01:46 -0500 > Lee Revell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sun, 2006-01-15 at 20:59 +0100, Franz Schenk wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I want to use the S/PDIF input-connector on my Abit AV8. The chipset in > > > use is an VIA 8237, the codec is Realtek ALC658. I use a 2.6.15 kernel > > > with alsa-support compiled in plus debian-packages alsa-base and > > > alsa-utils version 1.0.10-1. > > > > > > I've done some research on the web, mainly in the alsa-archives. But most > > > of the information is concerned with how to setup S/PDIF output. The most > > > specific document from the alsa-project seems to be this one: > > > http://alsa.opensrc.org/via8233. But wrt sound signals via s/pdif-in > > > there is no useful information. > > > > > > Maybe any of you has managed to setup s/pdif-in properly on the same > > > board or with a similar configuration? I have no idea which settings in > > > the .asoundrc would be appropriate, so any hints are greatly welcome! > > > > > > Thanks a lot in advance for any help! > > > > No "setting up" should be required, it should just work. > > > > Please describe the exact nature of the problem. > > > > Lee > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files > > for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes > > searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! > > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click > > _______________________________________________ > > Alsa-user mailing list > > Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > > > -- > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files > for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes > searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
