On Thursday 02 April 2009 22:49:28 Lennart Poettering wrote: > On Thu, 02.04.09 21:49, Mark Greenwood (fatgerman at ntlworld.com) wrote: > > > > > > Last four times I have upgrade my ubuntu I have lost my S/PDIF audio > > > > > output. I have to mess around with it until I can get it back. > > > > > > > > No clue about Ubuntu. But I think there are 'PPA's for PA from git somewhere. > > > > > > > > Lennart > > > > > > > > > > Indeed there are. This guy has 0.9.15-test7 for Jaunty, along with updated alsa libs to support it. > > > > > > https://launchpad.net/~themuso/+archive/ppa > > > > > > You may need a Launchpad login to access it. I haven't tried it myself (yet). > > > > OK I have now tried it, with only mild success. I can't get audio > > out of my speakers unless I explicitly specify 5.1 surround (it > > defaults to stereo) and then it is deafening and the volume controls > > don't work. Not sure exactly what's happening. I wouldn't reccommend > > trying this unless you are confident you can 'go back'. > > Are you aware of the new profile logic? Use a current pavucontrol > snapshot or 'set-card-profile' in pacmd to switch to the appropriate > channel map/profile for your card. PA will then remember. It will of > course default to stereo for obvious reasons. Yes, the PPA has a pavucontrol snapshot as well. > If your volume controls don't work then this is most likely a driver > issue. Could you please paste the output of "list-sinks" from pacmd? > > Lennart Unfortunately I've already trashed that installation (it's a test machine) and am installing Mandriva on it - Mandriva has 0.9.15 by default. if I still have problems I will get back to you. Thanks, Mark
