How to enable PCM output on Mandrake 10.1

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Author: Donn Shumway
Date:  
To: plug-discuss
New-Topics: Telescope Control Program (TCM)
Subject: How to enable PCM output on Mandrake 10.1
Hello all,
I hope someone can help with this problem. I am trying to enable the
PCM (optical) output of my ABIT-AN7 motherboard on Mandrake 10.1
Official. The sound seems to be working fine, but I have the Optical
out plugged into my DTS/DD receiver and would like to be able to watch
DVD's with full Surround sound. The problem is I have no idea how to
enable the PCM output. I am using ALSA and Xine works fine through the
analog output.

[root@farwest root]# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
nfsd                  189408  8
exportfs                4736  1 nfsd
lockd                  58344  2 nfsd
sunrpc                127652  2 nfsd,lockd
md5                     3584  1
ipv6                  230916  16
snd-seq-oss            31232  0
snd-seq-midi-event      6080  1 snd-seq-oss
snd-seq                47440  4 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq-midi-event
snd-pcm-oss            49480  0
snd-mixer-oss          17376  2 snd-pcm-oss
snd-intel8x0           30124  2
snd-ac97-codec         69392  1 snd-intel8x0
snd-pcm                81800  3 snd-pcm-oss,snd-intel8x0
snd-timer              20356  2 snd-seq,snd-pcm
snd-page-alloc          7400  2 snd-intel8x0,snd-pcm
gameport                3328  1 snd-intel8x0
snd-mpu401-uart         5856  1 snd-intel8x0
snd-rawmidi            19300  1 snd-mpu401-uart
snd-seq-device          6344  3 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq,snd-rawmidi
snd                    45988  12
snd-seq-oss,snd-seq,snd-pcm-oss,snd-mixer-oss,snd-intel8x0,snd-ac97-codec,snd-pcm,snd-timer,snd-mpu401-uart,snd-rawmidi,snd-seq-device
soundcore               7008  2 snd
af_packet              16072  0
floppy                 55088  0
eth1394                17000  0
forcedeth              14400  0
ide-cd                 37280  0
cdrom                  37724  1 ide-cd
ohci1394               30788  0
ieee1394              292056  2 eth1394,ohci1394
loop                   12520  0
supermount             34804  2
xfs                   567160  1
sd_mod                 19232  3
nvidia               3462972  12
nvidia-agp              5788  1
agpgart                27752  2 nvidia-agp
sata_sil                5380  2
libata                 38308  1 sata_sil
scsi_mod              104044  2 sd_mod,libata
tsdev                   5824  0
evdev                   7648  0
usbmouse                4256  0
usbhid                 41088  0
ehci-hcd               26244  0
ohci-hcd               18468  0
usbcore               103172  6 usbmouse,usbhid,ehci-hcd,ohci-hcd
reiserfs              258324  8
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[root@farwest root]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different
version?) (rev c1)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev c1)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev c1)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev c1)
00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev c1)
00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev c1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet
Controller (rev a1)
00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce
MultiMedia audio [Via VT82C686B] (rev a2)
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97
Audio Controler (MCP) (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev a3)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2)
00:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): nVidia Corporation nForce2 FireWire
(IEEE 1394) Controller (rev a3)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1)
01:0b.0 RAID bus controller: Silicon Image, Inc. (formerly CMD
Technology Inc) SiI 3112 [SATALink/SATARaid] Serial ATA Controller
(rev 02)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV35 [GeForce FX
5900] (rev a1)
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If anyone can shed some light on this question I would be very grateful.


Thanks to all.
--
Donn
"Sarcasm is the safe alternative to expressing anger."
--Richard North Patterson
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