There seems to be a fix for this issue in the 3.13 upstream kernel. commit number c9a6338aecdb92f9d015ecc26d203e54250bebbb - ALSA: hda - hdmi: Fix IEC958 ctl indexes for some simple HDMI devices
This fix has also been ccd to the stable kernel series. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/298465 Title: No digital out with VIA VT1708b Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I have an Asus M3N78-VM motherboard with VIA VT1708B onboard sound. This board has digital sound output via HDMI and a separate optical S/PDIF output jack. However on Intrepid I can only see the analog output device. Output from aplay -l: **** Liste von PLAYBACK Geräten **** Karte 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], Gerät 0: VT1708B Analog [VT1708B Analog] Untergeordnete Geräte: 1/1 Untergeordnetes Gerät '0: subdevice #0 aplay -L: front:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0 HDA NVidia, VT1708B Analog Front speakers surround40:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0 HDA NVidia, VT1708B Analog 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers surround41:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0 HDA NVidia, VT1708B Analog 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround50:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0 HDA NVidia, VT1708B Analog 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers surround51:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0 HDA NVidia, VT1708B Analog 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround71:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0 HDA NVidia, VT1708B Analog 7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0 HDA NVidia HDMI Audio Output null Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture) hanno@HANNO:~$ aplay -D hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0 ~/Desktop/SURROUNDTEST_DD_640.wav aplay: main:583: Fehler beim Öffnen des Audiogerätes: No such file or directory hanno@HANNO:~$ cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#0 | grep Codec Codec: VIA VIA VT1708B 8-Ch hanno@HANNO:~$ cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#0 | grep -C 2 Digital formats [0x1]: PCM Power: setting=D0, actual=D0 Node 0x12 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x611: Stereo Digital Converter: stream=0, channel=0 Digital: Digital category: 0x0 PCM: rates [0x1e0]: 44100 48000 88200 96000 -- Connection: 1 0x1e Node 0x15 [Audio Input] wcaps 0x100711: Stereo Digital Converter: stream=0, channel=0 SDI-Select: 0 Digital: Digital category: 0x0 PCM: rates [0x1f0]: 32000 44100 48000 88200 96000 -- Pin-ctls: 0x20: IN Power: setting=D0, actual=D0 Node 0x20 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400701: Stereo Digital Pincap 0x0810: OUT Pin Default 0x985601f0: [Fixed] Digital Out at Int HDMI Conn = Digital, Color = Unknown DefAssociation = 0xf, Sequence = 0x0 Misc = NO_PRESENCE -- Connection: 1 0x12 Node 0x21 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400601: Stereo Digital Pincap 0x0810030: IN OUT EAPD EAPD 0x2: EAPD To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/298465/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
