'Twas brillig, and Aitor Pazos at 22/01/11 23:15 did gyre and gimble: >> 1. Enable network support and use a GUI client on a non-headless system >> (e.g. PULSE_SERVER=<headless_ip> pavucontrol) and pick a 5.1 >> Configuration profile. > That's convenient, but the problem is that no 5.1 Configuration Profile is > listed > >> 2. Use "pacmd list-cards" to see a list of card profiles, then then use >> "pacmd set-card-profile idx profile" to set a 5.1 profile > Same problem as in solution 1, no 5.1 profile listed. > >> 3. Set default-sample-channels=6 in /etc/pulse/daemon.conf > I already did that with no effect. I've adjusted default-sample-rate, but > setting default-sample-channels has no effects. > > pacmd list-cards output: > profiles: > output:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Output (priority 1000) > output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Duplex > (priority 1010) > output:analog-stereo+input:iec958-stereo: Analog Stereo Output > + Digital Stereo (IEC958) Input (priority 1005) > output:iec958-stereo: Digital Stereo Duplex (IEC958) (priority > 500) > output:iec958-stereo+input:analog-stereo: Digital Stereo > (IEC958) Output + Analog Stereo Input (priority 510) > output:iec958-stereo+input:iec958-stereo: Digital Stereo > (IEC958) Output + Digital Stereo (IEC958) Input (priority 505) > input:analog-stereo: Analog Stereo Input (priority 10) > input:iec958-stereo: Digital Stereo (IEC958) Input (priority > 5) > off: Apagado (priority 0) > active profile: <output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo> Hmm, seems no surround profile is detected. We rely on ALSA to support this, but obviously surround51 or any other analogue surround system isn't working. I suggest you try to debug at the ALSA level using e.g. speaker-test -D surround51:0 -c 6 If the surround51 thing works, then PA should automatically see it. Col -- Colin Guthrie gmane(at)colin.guthr.ie http://colin.guthr.ie/ Day Job: Tribalogic Limited [http://www.tribalogic.net/] Open Source: Mageia Contributor [http://www.mageia.org/] PulseAudio Hacker [http://www.pulseaudio.org/] Trac Hacker [http://trac.edgewall.org/]
