[Alsa-user] Acer Aspire 7736z

I am hoping this is the place to get some ALSA help. I've posted at Ubuntu Forums http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1528442 about the issue, but haven't gotten any help that works yet. If I need to contact someone else, I'd love help figuring out who...Here's the info from my problem: So,

[Alsa-user] no sound over S/PDIF optical out, HDMI audio working

Hi all. I just recently got to testing this, and have no idea why I am not getting sound via my optical output when plugged into a set of Logitech Z680 speakers. My specs are as follows: kernel 2.6.33, Alsa-driver-1.0.21, Alc888 chip as displayed by aplay -l: List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices

[Alsa-user] Getting current frequency/sub-device ID for a certain driver

Hi there. How I can get a list of bit quantization/sampling frequency modes supported by certain driver (ens1371 and usb-audio in my case), current output device - if there is more than 1 adc/dac onboard, and a current mode chosen for a card - not a one provided by the up/downsampling? alsamixer d