Q <raid517@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >Hi, can anyone please tell me exactly what I have to do to get alsa >digital audio sound output working on kernel 2.6? As you might know >kernel 2.6 versions come with their own version of alsa supplied, but I >have tried everything imaginable to try to get digital out sound working >and have had no luck at all. My soundcard is an onboard via8233 sound >chip. (Which is extremely common - and as far as I understand it very >well supported too). :} Quick answer would be to set up Redhat. Straight answer would be "I don't know". But... the reason I thought, maybe, I could justify wasting bandwidth is that after reading this and looking down at the floor at my MOTU firewire card {which connects to anything with a wire.} It occured to me... What would be wrong with piping stuff in and out via firewire or USB {or any other sound capable wire} and using some sort of network sound system? ...Probably not a great answer but it's something to consider.