Sound Issue in Fedora Core 5 with Asus P4R800-V Deluxe Built-in ADI 1888 Sound Card

[david walcroft]

Sam Chen wrote:
> Dear all,
> I installed Fedora Core 5 on a P4 3.00GHz with Asus P4R800-V Deluxe
> motherboard. The installation went smoothly, however, I encountered
> several problems. One of which is that the sound card could not be
> correctly identified. The motherboard provides a built-in ADI 1888
> sound card which has 5.1  SDPIF/Optical capability.  I googled for many
> days trying to see if there is anyway to fix the problem, however,
> there is only one thread saying it is doable. But the thread is in
> French, which I don't understand. I have to state that the regular
> jacks work great, but the SDPIF/Optical do not work at all. I intend to
> use the system as the media center, and my amplifier only takes
> optical/coaxial, so I would like to know if this problem can be fixed.
> Thanks for your time!
> 
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Have you tried using Alsamixer to adjust the jacks and slide bars for 
the AL1888.

  david