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#1 2010-04-24 14:53:14

DojoMortal
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Registered: 2010-04-24
Posts: 12

[SOLVED] No sound on SPDIF with Intel ICH10 Sound Card

Hi everyone,

I'm coming from Fedora 12 and recently got a fresh installed Archlinux. I'm very satisfied by the distribution and everything works just as expect for the moment, except one thing : SPDIF output of my sound card.

I installed the following packages :

$ pacman -Qs alsa
local/alsa-firmware 1.0.20-2
    ALSA firmware package
local/alsa-lib 1.0.22-1
    An alternative implementation of Linux sound support
local/alsa-plugins 1.0.22-1
    Extra alsa plugins
local/alsa-utils 1.0.22-2
    An alternative implementation of Linux sound support

My actual configuration in a few commands :

$ aplay -L
null
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
default:CARD=Intel
    HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
    Default Audio Device
front:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
    Front speakers
surround40:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, STAC92xx Analog
    7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, STAC92xx Digital
    IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, INTEL HDMI 0
    HDMI Audio Output
$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: STAC92xx Digital [STAC92xx Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 3: INTEL HDMI 0 [INTEL HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

The following command :

$ aplay -D front:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 tmp/Norrlanda.wav

gives me sound on the analog (HP) output but this one :

$ aplay -D iec958:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 tmp/Norrlanda.wav

gives absolutly nothing (I tested the HDMI output and it's fully functionnal).

I unmuted everything that could be unmuted on alsamixer and tested varied combo of options snd_hda_intel model=XXXX (as I read that those type of card can have issue of this kind). I try to delete the /etc/asound.state file, various configuration in /etc/asound.conf. But nothing.

In last resort, I rebooted on a F12 LiveCD and there… everything works fine ! The SPDIF output works just great, without any manipulation (with the same command as above). I tried to import the configuration of /etc/alsa, /etc/pulse and /etc/modprobe.d from this F12 LiveCD (looking if there was any special options about sound card I can just copy/paste to Archlinux) but this failed one more time.

I really really don't see what I can do to solve this problem (and I already spend 2 entire days on this issue without any result… frustrating). So if someone's got a solution or suggestion (some configurations I can try) on this issue, any help would be greatly appreciated.

Last edited by DojoMortal (2010-05-01 21:31:41)

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#2 2010-04-28 05:20:29

DojoMortal
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Registered: 2010-04-24
Posts: 12

Re: [SOLVED] No sound on SPDIF with Intel ICH10 Sound Card

UP !

No one's got an hint sad ?

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#3 2010-05-01 07:58:35

DojoMortal
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Registered: 2010-04-24
Posts: 12

Re: [SOLVED] No sound on SPDIF with Intel ICH10 Sound Card

The latest alsa update didn't solve the problem… I really feel I'm doing something wrong but I really can't say what…

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#4 2010-05-01 21:31:13

DojoMortal
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Registered: 2010-04-24
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Re: [SOLVED] No sound on SPDIF with Intel ICH10 Sound Card

Thx to jonnor on the IRC Archlinux Channel, it works now !!

For everyone experiencing the same problem with DG45 intel sound card (Codec: IDT 92HD73E1X5 to be accurate), the documented module is not the right one. Use model=no-jd if you want to have the SPDIF output functionnal.

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