[Alsa-user] Digital out works through system-config-soundcard but not from command line

[Keith Richards]

Hi, can anyone think why the Fedora utility system-config-soundcard can play a sound through my spdif optical out, but nothing from command line (root or as mythtv user) makes a sound!

 

Here is alsa-debug output:

[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# ./alsadebug.sh
./alsadebug.sh: line 1: o: command not found
http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php?page=aadebug
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt

Kernel ----------------------------------------------------
Linux myth.mantisgb.no-ip.org 2.6.15-1.1833_FC4smp #1 SMP Wed Mar 1 23:56:51 EST 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Loaded Modules --------------------------------------------
snd_intel8x0           33820  1
snd_ac97_codec         90912  1 snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_bus            6016  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq_dummy           7172  0
snd_seq_oss            35968  0
snd_seq_midi_event     10496  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                52496  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device         12300  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            51872  0
snd_mixer_oss          20864  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                87428  3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              26116  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    54372  12 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
snd_page_alloc         12808  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm

Modprobe Conf ---------------------------------------------
alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
options snd-card-0 index=0
options snd-intel8x0 index=0
remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0

Proc Asound -----------------------------------------------
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.10.
Compiled on Mar  2 2006 for kernel 2.6.15-1.1833_FC4smp (SMP).
0 [ICH5           ]: ICH4 - Intel ICH5
                     Intel ICH5 with ALC658D at 0xee101000, irq 177
  1:       : sequencer
 20: [0- 4]: digital audio playback
 27: [0- 3]: digital audio capture
 26: [0- 2]: digital audio capture
 25: [0- 1]: digital audio capture
 16: [0- 0]: digital audio playback
 24: [0- 0]: digital audio capture
  0: [0- 0]: ctl
 33:       : timer
cat: /proc/asound/hwdep: No such file or directory
00-00: Intel ICH : Intel ICH5 : playback 1 : capture 1
00-01: Intel ICH - MIC ADC : Intel ICH5 - MIC ADC : capture 1
00-02: Intel ICH - MIC2 ADC : Intel ICH5 - MIC2 ADC : capture 1
00-03: Intel ICH - ADC2 : Intel ICH5 - ADC2 : capture 1
00-04: Intel ICH - IEC958 : Intel ICH5 - IEC958 : playback 1
Client info
  cur  clients : 3
  peak clients : 3
  max  clients : 192

Client   0 : "System" [Kernel]
  Port   0 : "Timer" (Rwe-)
  Port   1 : "Announce" (R-e-)
    Connecting To: 63:0
Client  62 : "Midi Through" [Kernel]
  Port   0 : "Midi Through Port-0" (RWe-)
Client  63 : "OSS sequencer" [Kernel]
  Port   0 : "Receiver" (-we-)
    Connected From: 0:1

Dev Snd ---------------------------------------------------
controlC0  pcmC0D0p  pcmC0D2c  pcmC0D4p  timer
pcmC0D0c   pcmC0D1c  pcmC0D3c  seq

CPU -------------------------------------------------------
model name      : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.60GHz
cpu MHz         : 2652.855
model name      : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.60GHz
cpu MHz         : 2652.855

RAM -------------------------------------------------------
MemTotal:      1031212 kB
SwapTotal:     1052248 kB

Hardware --------------------------------------------------
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
02:06.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)