Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 17 Feb 2003 12:40:46 +0100 | From | Takashi Iwai <> | Subject | Re: Alsa kernel questionS |
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At 16 Feb 2003 17:24:23 +0100, Nicolas Mailhot wrote: > > Now it seems the alsa driver that's in 2.5 with mute the optical output > until black magic is performed in any alsa-compatible mixer. > > Is there any boot option to tell alsa to activate the optical output > automatically ?
no, not via a kernel boot option.
> The second question is, with the alsa tools present on freshrpms.net and > optical output activated, the only mixer setting that seem to have an > effect is the DAC. > > Is there a way to set this knob as the default sound volume (as a kernel > boot option ...) ?
no, not via a kernel boot option.
please set up your init script or module.conf appropriately. you can restore the configuration simply by calling "alsactl restore".
> Why is the dac controlling the volume even when I'm reading a CD (i.e. > digital PCM input, digital optical output, what is the DAC doing here) ?
it depends on the signal routing. apparently, cs46xx routes in such a way.
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