Chris, a.o.
On 10/06/2016 11:55 PM, chris hermansen wrote:
> Marve and list,
>
> On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 1:13 PM, marve <ma...@xs4all.nl
> <mailto:ma...@xs4all.nl>> wrote:
>
> Chris, a.o.
>
> Thanks for your suggestions!
>
> On 10/05/2016 10:19 PM, chris hermansen wrote:
>
> [stuff deleted]
>
>
>> Second, I have spent endless hours futzing around with crappy
>> intermittent optical connectors and poorly-designed sockets.
>> Have you any other options to try?
>>
> I'm not sure what you mean!
>
> I used to have windows 7 on my system, where the TOSLINK SPDIF
> worked well. A couple of weeks a go I checked my receiver with a
> playstation and this works, so the receiver isn't broken.
>
> At the moment I'm using the internal speakers of my Dell. There
> are HDMI outputs on the Dell, but my receiver hasn't got any of
> that. Only optical and coaxial SPDIF (my computer only has the
> optical).
>
>
> Marve, what I mean here is have you tried other configurations that do
> work, to isolate for certain that the problem is the Dell + Mint?
>
> For instance, you say "a couple of weeks ago I checked my receiver
> with a playstation". You should check it again.
>
> Also, you should try a different TOSLINK connector that is (very
> recently) known good, ideally the one you just used to check your
> playstation.
>
Yes, it was one of the trouble shoot steps I toke, connecting my PS3 to
the receiver. I actually used the same optical cable and it worked!
> Finally it would be good to try your Dell optical connected to a
> different receiver.
I'll see if I can do this in the near future!
>
>
>> Third, when you send audio to the device, does the situation change?
> This is kind of annoying! When I open Pulse Audio Volume Control I
> can select the Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output (Configuration) and
> the Digital Output S/PDIF (Output Device). Then, when I "send
> audio" for example, the volume meter on the Pulse Audio windows
> starts dancing, but there is no sound coming from the speakers!
>
>
>
> Do you see anything odd in syslog / with dmesg? Any error messages
> when you start to try to play something?
>
When I switch between Digital Stereo (IEC958) Output and Analog Stereo
Duplex there are some rtkit-daemon messages, but no errors.
> Did you run alsa-info.sh and share with this list (sorry I forget)?
http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=0f9430c56d6bee148b61b93f9f5cab744e96f3a0
> Have you tried using aplay with the appropriate device?
>
> Seeing as you have Jack, Pulse and (I guess ALSA) installed... Not
> knowing anything about Jack, have you tried booting from a live CD to
> see if sound works without Jack?
>
I'll try this too!
Thanks again!
M.
> --
> Chris Hermansen · clhermansen "at" gmail "dot" com
>
> C'est ma façon de parler.
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