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Bug 279445 - Add a section in the Gentoo Linux ALSA guide about enabling SPDIF and surround sound support.
Summary: Add a section in the Gentoo Linux ALSA guide about enabling SPDIF and surroun...
Status: RESOLVED NEEDINFO
Alias: None
Product: [OLD] Docs on www.gentoo.org
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Other documents (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Docs Team
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Reported: 2009-07-28 08:12 UTC by John Dough
Modified: 2009-07-28 17:25 UTC (History)
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Description John Dough 2009-07-28 08:12:36 UTC 
Add a section in the Gentoo Linux ALSA guide about enabling SPDIF and surround sound support.

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 nm (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-07-28 17:25:07 UTC 
If you can provide some instructions on how to enable it, we can put it in the guide. I don't believe any of us use SPDIF.

In theory, it shouldn't be hard . . . it should just be a matter of setting the correct volume in "alsamixer", usually the IEC958 control.