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Bug 279445

Summary: Add a section in the Gentoo Linux ALSA guide about enabling SPDIF and surround sound support.
Product: [OLD] Docs on www.gentoo.org Reporter: John Dough <phatboye>
Component: Other documentsAssignee: Docs Team <docs-team>
Status: RESOLVED NEEDINFO    
Severity: normal    
Priority: High    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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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.