Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Ubuntu 13.04 (raring) reached end-of-life on January 27, 2014.
See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test. ** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1158248 Title: spdif output is inactive Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: optical outpout is detected correctly in sound preferences When selected, optical outpout doesn't work at all (no light) It works perfectly booting on a 12.04 USB drive ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: pulseaudio 1:3.0-0ubuntu4b2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-13.23-generic 3.8.3 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-13-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: eric 2853 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c: eric 2853 F...m pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC0D1p: eric 2853 F...m pulseaudio Date: Thu Mar 21 12:25:07 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-07-06 (623 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: pulseaudio UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-03-11 (9 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 09/28/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: INSYDE dmi.bios.version: V1.20 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: JV10_CS dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corp. dmi.board.version: Base Board Version dmi.chassis.type: 1 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacturer dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnINSYDE:bvrV1.20:bd09/28/2010:svnAcer:pnAspire1830T:pvrV1.20:rvnIntelCorp.:rnJV10_CS:rvrBaseBoardVersion:cvnChassisManufacturer:ct1:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: Aspire 1830T dmi.product.version: V1.20 dmi.sys.vendor: Acer To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1158248/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

