Im also running 16.10 and able to hear 5.1 sound running speaker-test -Da52:0 -c6
the GUI sound menu doesn't have any config that can play 5.1 sound -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1607875 Title: pulsaudio not showing a52 device Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: so I have a external decoder that is connecting over a optical SPDIF link. Stereo works fine and I had 5.1 working in earlier versions of ubuntu. now I'm on 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)and I try to follow this description. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DigitalAC-3Pulseaudio I have 5.1 now working in alsa with speaker-test -Da52:0 -c6 But I can not get it to show up in pulsaudio. It used to be possible to select it and do the speaker test from inside the gnome sound gui. but now nothing :( ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: pulseaudio 1:9.0-1.1ubuntu1 Uname: Linux 4.7.0-rc7+ x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c: kenjo 31687 F...m pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Fri Jul 29 18:42:37 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-10-18 (284 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Alpha amd64 (20150924) SourcePackage: pulseaudio UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-04-22 (97 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 02/22/2016 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 1.B0 dmi.board.asset.tag: Default string dmi.board.name: Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) dmi.board.vendor: MSI dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Default string dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: MSI dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1.B0:bd02/22/2016:svnMSI:pnMS-7976:pvr1.0:rvnMSI:rnZ170AGAMINGM7(MS-7976):rvr1.0:cvnMSI:ct3:cvr1.0: dmi.product.name: MS-7976 dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: MSI modified.conffile..etc.pulse.daemon.conf: [modified] mtime.conffile..etc.pulse.daemon.conf: 2016-04-23T00:00:29.066742 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1607875/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
