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Author: KevinO
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To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: How to enable Digital Out (Toslink) on Mandrake 10.1 Official
Donn Shumway wrote:
> Hello All,
> I sent this yesterday but it never showed up, so I'll try again.
>
> 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
> ----------------
> [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)
> ----------------
> If anyone can shed some light on this question I would be very grateful.

>
> Thanks for any assistance.

I saw your posting yesterday. I did a little Googling around (just a bit) and
couldn't come up with a quick fix. Have you tried all of the nforce drivers?

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Kevino

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