[vdr] Trouble with optical SPDIF out on Abit NF7 nforce2 main board.

[Carsten Koch <Carsten.Koch@icem.com>]

My VDR PC main board broke last Sunday, so I bought an Abit NF7 main board,
which is nforce2-based and has LAN and an optical SPDIF out on board -
perfect for VDR, I thought.

Analog sound is working fine and light is coming out of the SPDIF output,
my receiver also indicates that it detects the carrier, but I hear no
sound at all.

Alsamixer only displays 3 IEC958-related settings, I tried all
possible combinations of these 3.
Do I also have to play with controls like "3D Control" or "Surround"?

I am running SuSE 8.2 with the SuSE 2.4.20 kernel.

I updated from the Alsa drivers that came with the SuSE system to the
latest 0.9.6 from ftp.alsa-project.org, but that did not help.

Has anyone out here successfully got SPDIF out to work on an nforce2
main board?

Any hints what I could try next?

Thanks in advance,

Carsten.


vdr /home/cko> tail -999 /var/log/messages | fgrep intel8x0
Aug 28 23:19:25 vdr kernel: intel8x0: clocking to 47459


vdr /home/cko> tail -24 /etc/modules.conf
alias eth0 nvnet

options snd-intel8x0 ac97_clock=0 enable=1 index=0



# YaST2: sound system dependent part
#
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-slot-1 off
alias sound-service-1-0 off
alias sound-slot-2 off
alias sound-service-2-0 off
alias sound-slot-3 off
alias sound-service-3-0 off
options snd cards_limit=1 major=116
# H0_h.l8fJBHTJ6Q3:nForce2 AC97 Audio Controler (MCP)
alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-11 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss

vdr /home/cko> lspci -vv
00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01e0 (rev c1)
        Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp.: Unknown device 1c02
        Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0
        Region 0: Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
        Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01eb (rev c1)
        Subsystem: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0c17
        Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap- 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-

00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01ee (rev c1)
        Subsystem: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0c17
        Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap- 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-

00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01ed (rev c1)
        Subsystem: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0c17
        Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap- 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-

00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01ec (rev c1)
        Subsystem: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0c17
        Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap- 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-

00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01ef (rev c1)
        Subsystem: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0c17
        Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap- 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-

00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4)
        Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp.: Unknown device 1c02
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle+ MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0
        Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2)
        Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp.: Unknown device 1c02
        Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
        Region 0: I/O ports at d000 [size=32]
        Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp.: Unknown device 1c02
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0 (750ns min, 250ns max)
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 0
        Region 0: Memory at ef003000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp.: Unknown device 1c02
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0 (750ns min, 250ns max)
        Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 0
        Region 0: Memory at ef004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
        Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp.: Unknown device 1c02
        Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0 (750ns min, 250ns max)
        Interrupt: pin C routed to IRQ 0
        Region 0: Memory at ef005000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Ethernet Controller (rev a1)
        Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp.: Unknown device 1c02
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0 (250ns min, 5000ns max)
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
        Region 0: Memory at ef000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Region 1: I/O ports at d400 [size=8]
        Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97 Audio Controler (MCP) (rev a1)
        Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp.: Unknown device 1c02
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0 (500ns min, 1250ns max)
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 5
        Region 0: I/O ports at d800 [size=256]
        Region 1: I/O ports at dc00 [size=128]
        Region 2: Memory at ef001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 006c (rev a3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
        Status: Cap- 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32
        Memory behind bridge: ee000000-eeffffff
        BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-

00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
        Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp.: Unknown device 1c02
        Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 0 (750ns min, 250ns max)
        Region 4: I/O ports at f000 [size=16]
        Capabilities: <available only to root>

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
        Status: Cap- 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 32
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=32
        Memory behind bridge: ec000000-edffffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: e0000000-e7ffffff
        BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-

01:06.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7146 (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Technotrend Systemtechnik GmbH: Unknown device 1003
        Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 32 (3750ns min, 9500ns max)
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
        Region 0: Memory at ee000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]

01:07.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7146 (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Technotrend Systemtechnik GmbH: Unknown device 0000
        Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 32 (3750ns min, 9500ns max)
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
        Region 0: Memory at ee001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]

01:08.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7146 (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Technotrend Systemtechnik GmbH: Unknown device 0000
        Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 32 (3750ns min, 9500ns max)
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 7
        Region 0: Memory at ee002000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]

02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11DDR [GeForce2 MX 100 DDR/200 DDR] (rev b2) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 248 (1250ns min, 250ns max)
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
        Region 0: Memory at ec000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        Region 1: Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
        Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=64K]
        Capabilities: <available only to root>





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