No it is not. The light switches on as soon as you start playing sound. As long as you are not playing, there is no light. best, Hendrik-Jan 2013/9/2 Clemens Ladisch <cladisch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Hendrik-Jan Heins wrote: >> ok, issue solved: I installed a new card today (RMA procedure), >> switched spdif on, and that was it! >> So it looks like my issue was faulty hardware. > > Just for the record: on a working card, the red light is always on? > > > Regards, > Clemens ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn the latest--Visual Studio 2012, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, more! Discover the easy way to master current and previous Microsoft technologies and advance your career. Get an incredible 1,500+ hours of step-by-step tutorial videos with LearnDevNow. Subscribe today and save! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=58040911&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user