Re: C-Media 8738 sound driver + A7M266-D problems.

[Christian HOFFMANN]

Hi,
I have the same motherboard at it include the hardware to support 6 
speaker (and win2k support 6 channels)). I'm currently configuring 
linux (gentoo with kernel 2.4.18) on my motherboard and don't yet 
know about the rears chanels. I'll let you know.

Regards

On 20 Mar 2002 at 0:10, Eric Lammerts wrote:

> 
> On Mon, 18 Mar 2002, Mark wrote:
> > I have a dual AMD board that has the 8738 onboard.  I compile 2.4.18 and
> > pass it the '6 speaker' selection which should push the Rear speaker
> > signal out the Line In connector and the Center Speaker Out/ Sub-woofer
> > signal out the Mic In connector.  This does not happen.  I've tried this
> > as a module and passing the params on the command line as well as
> > compiling it directly into the kernel.  Am I missing something (very
> > likely) or is this a known situation that I just have to deal with?
> 
> Are you sure your hardware supports 6-channel output? There are
> several version of the 8738 chip (with/without spdif, 4/6 channel).
> The chip should read something like "CMI8738/PCI-6CH".
> 
> Furthermore, it requires some extra hardware (analog multiplexers, for
> example a 4053) to switch the connections. Maybe the manufacturer
> left that out (to save a few cents).
> 
> Eric
> 
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