At Wed, 10 Sep 2003 10:30:25 -0700 (PDT), Tom Watson wrote: > > I just got one of these, and after converting my audio to 32 bits > (necessary for the card) I got SOME sound out of it. > > I have a couple of problems: > 1) While the peak meters indicate that something IS there, try as I > might, I can't get audio out of the card from anywhere but the first 2 > channels. All the mixer controls in 'alsamixer' are up, and the two > that control the first 2 channels DO work, but NO audio from the other > channels. The program I'm using DID work on another audio card with > more than two channels. The problem seems to be some dumb > configuration thing. Do I need to light this card up on a Windoze > machine to set the EEPROM or something??
most likely a bug in the accessing to ak4355 codec. > 2) I use 'alsamixer'. Works fine. One problem: When I set the > conversion rate to the SPDIF clock (it has another name IEC...) IT > LOCKS AND STAYS THERE. No amount of diddling in 'alsamixer' yields > anything. To get around this I revert back to an older setting (it is > a long process) saved with 'alsactl' after a reboot. While I have > learned my lesson (DON'T DO THAT!), the behavior is not too good. ok, that's easy. please apply the patch attached. > Note: The card is 'fresh', and hasn't been in a Windows environment > (if that means anything). could you check whether the surround works on windows? Takashi
ice1724-lock-fix.dif
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