Public bug reported: Using jaunty, there is no digital out (optical SPDIF) with snd-hda-intel and VT1708S. The digital out audio device is not listed in possible output devices. The mother board is an ASUS P5QPL-VM which has an optical SPDIF out at the back.
$ aplay -L front:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 HDA Intel, VT1708S Analog Front speakers surround40:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 HDA Intel, VT1708S Analog 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers surround41:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 HDA Intel, VT1708S Analog 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround50:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 HDA Intel, VT1708S Analog 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers surround51:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 HDA Intel, VT1708S Analog 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround71:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 HDA Intel, VT1708S Analog 7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers null Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8346 Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 21 Region 0: Memory at fe9f8000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel Feel free to ask for more info. ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- no digital out (optical SPDIF) with snd-hda-intel and VT1708S https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/362442 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs