you should able to see the red light in optical spdif jack if you turn on IEC958 Playback Switch
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] refer to codec info of N55SF in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/871808 misc bit (bit 8) of the pin default of 0x1e is set to indicate no jack detection ( driver don't enable unsol event the jack detection) Pin Default 0x99430120: [Fixed] SPDIF Out at Int ATAPI Conn = ATAPI, Color = Unknown this pin default is really represent the intel desktop S/PDIF header http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/CS-032871.htm S/PDIF header pin-outs Intel® Desktop Boards use either a 4-pin or 3-pin S/PDIF header but those ASUS with sonic master seem support optical out with a combo headphone jack but neither node 0x06 nor node 0x10 have Amp-Out Node 0x06 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x611: Stereo Digital Node 0x10 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x611: Stereo Digital so there won't be any volume control even the subwoofer is using digital output Node 0x1e [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400780: Mono Digital Pincap 0x00000014: OUT Detect Pin Default 0x99430120: [Fixed] SPDIF Out at Int ATAPI Conn = ATAPI, Color = Unknown DefAssociation = 0x2, Sequence = 0x0 Misc = NO_PRESENCE Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT Unsolicited: tag=00, enabled=0 Power states: D0 D1 D2 D3 EPSS Power: setting=D0, actual=D0 Connection: 1 0x06 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to alsa-driver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1040873 Title: [N56VZ, Realtek ALC663, Black Headphone Out, Right] No sound at all: Subwoofer not working Status in “alsa-driver” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Hi, this bug is a fork of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa- driver/+bug/871808 because #871808 stands for a different hardware with a different solution, so people may get confused. Here is a summary (see post #48 to #54 of #871808): The subwoofer of Asus N56VZ laptop doesn't work "out of the box". #sudo hda-jack-sense-test -a : *** Without subwoofer: Pin 0x1e (Black SPDIF Out): present = No *** With subwoofer: Pin 0x1e (Black SPDIF Out): present = Yes http://www.alsa- project.org/db/?f=2778e7f430aa95ae219d0b2bc3cb5e46abd0a33a --> There are two ways of making it work: #1 a. Add to rc.local : echo 0x1e 0x99130112 > /sys/class/sound/hwC0D0/user_pin_configs echo 1 > /sys/class/sound/hwC0D0/reconfig b. Add options snd-hda-intel model=asus-mode4 in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf c. Reboot d. Set the mode to "Analog Stereo Output" and then to "Analog Surround 5.1 output" in the sound settings panel. You have to do this each time you reboot!!! #2 a. Add to rc.local : echo 0x16 0x99130111 > /sys/class/sound/hwC0D0/user_pin_configs echo 0x1e 0x99130112 > /sys/class/sound/hwC0D0/user_pin_configs echo 1 > /sys/class/sound/hwC0D0/reconfig b. Reboot c. Set the mode to "Analog Stereo Output" and then to "Analog Surround 5.1 output" in the sound settings panel. You have to do this each time you reboot!!! Both give the same results and fix the bug. --> Can you make it work out of the box? There is still two other bugs on this laptop : - crackling audio when playing with sound volume: see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1040867 - When I put the omputer in sleep mode, there is no way to get sound working on resume: should I open a new bug to investigate this? Regards Sam ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-29.46-generic 3.2.24 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-29-generic x86_64 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. AplayDevices: **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC663 Analog [ALC663 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC663 Analog [ALC663 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: sam 1898 F.... pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xf7a10000 irq 47' Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC663' Components : 'HDA:10ec0663,10431477,00100002' Controls : 23 Simple ctrls : 13 CheckboxSubmission: 54021779511d0213081a2b1707bf951c CheckboxSystem: 4c773cd91921f9618cc2f1893bc1a87a Date: Thu Aug 23 22:38:00 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: alsa-driver Symptom: audio Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:PCH failed Symptom_Card: Built-in Audio - HDA Intel PCH Symptom_DevicesInUse: 1898 sam F.... pulseaudio PID ACCESS COMMAND Symptom_Jack: Black Headphone Out, Right Symptom_Type: No sound at all Title: [N56VZ, Realtek ALC663, Black Headphone Out, Right] No sound at all UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 05/11/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: N56VZ.204 dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567 dmi.board.name: N56VZ dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrN56VZ.204:bd05/11/2012:svnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:pnN56VZ:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnN56VZ:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:ct10:cvr1.0: dmi.product.name: N56VZ dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. modified.conffile..etc.modprobe.d.alsa.base.conf: [modified] mtime.conffile..etc.modprobe.d.alsa.base.conf: 2012-08-23T22:27:03.314416 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1040873/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
