> Sam Chen wrote: > > Dear all, > > I installed Fedora Core 5 on a P4 3.00GHz with Asus P4R800-V Deluxe > > motherboard. The installation went smoothly, however, I encountered > > several problems. One of which is that the sound card could not be > > correctly identified. The motherboard provides a built-in ADI 1888 > > sound card which has 5.1 SDPIF/Optical capability. I googled for > many > > days trying to see if there is anyway to fix the problem, however, > > there is only one thread saying it is doable. But the thread is in > > French, which I don't understand. I have to state that the regular > > jacks work great, but the SDPIF/Optical do not work at all. I > intend to > > use the system as the media center, and my amplifier only takes > > optical/coaxial, so I would like to know if this problem can be > fixed. > > Thanks for your time! > Have you tried using Alsamixer to adjust the jacks and slide bars for > > the AL1888. > > david David, I have tried "alsamixer", which brings up the mixer that allows me to adjust the volume with different components. However, it does not have anything to do with optical/coaxial functionality. I wonder if there is anyway to enable this functionality. Or does Fedora simply not have optical/coaxial sound support? Sam __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
