Thank you for your help.  Turned out to be both a setting problem and a bad
cable.

On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 8:46 PM, Luke Yelavich
<[email protected]>wrote:

> Are you using Kubuntu/KDE, or just the amarok music player in GNOME? If
> you are using KDE, then its probably better that you remove the
> pulseaudio package, and use KDE's sound settings configuration to select
> which audio device youw ant to use, i.e your optical out.
>
> If you are using GNOME/Ubuntu, then you should make sure you have
> selected the correct output in the sound preferences. Click on the
> speaker icon in the top right hand corner of your screen, and choose
> "Sound Preferences" from the drop-down menu. Go to the Hardware tab,
> select which card you want to adjust the output for, and select one of
> the digital out options from the Profile drop-down box.
>
> Please report back if any of the above fixes your issue.
>
>  affects ubuntu/alsa-driver
>  status incomplete
>
>
> ** Changed in: alsa-driver (Ubuntu)
>       Status: New => Incomplete
>
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> Soundcard not detected
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/619436
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>
> Status in “alsa-driver” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> m3a78 em with onboard realtek audio using optical out - cannot get ANY
> sound to work
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
> Package: alsa-base 1.0.22.1+dfsg-0ubuntu3
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.39-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
> Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic i686
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
> Architecture: i386
> AudioDevicesInUse:
>  USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
>  /dev/snd/controlC0:  singleton   1455 F.... pulseaudio
>                      singleton   1767 F.... amarok
>  /dev/snd/pcmC0D1p:   singleton   1455 F...m pulseaudio
> Card0.Amixer.info:
>  Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xf7ff4000 irq 16'
>   Mixer name   : 'Realtek ALC1200'
>   Components   : 'HDA:10ec0888,104382fe,00100101'
>   Controls      : 40
>   Simple ctrls  : 22
> Date: Tue Aug 17 15:44:56 2010
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
> PackageArchitecture: all
> ProcEnviron:
>  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>  SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: alsa-driver
> Symptom: audio
> Title: Soundcard not detected
> dmi.bios.date: 07/02/2008
> dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
> dmi.bios.version: 0407
> dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
> dmi.board.name: M3A78-EM
> dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
> dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x
> dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
> dmi.chassis.type: 3
> dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
> dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0407:bd07/02/2008:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnM3A78-EM:rvrRevX.0x:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
> dmi.product.name: System Product Name
> dmi.product.version: System Version
> dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
>
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