Greetings,

I’ve installed Fedora Linux (with pipewire) on my friend’s Alienware M17xR4 (linux-hardware probe).

This incredible laptop got a Sound Blaster Recon3Di with a S/PDIF Digital Output which unfortunally does not work out of the box. I can see the vu meter moving inside gnome-control-center but no audio comes out and the port’s red light (which on Windows lights up) does not turn on at all.

By lookin up I’ve found this thread on Linux Mint Forums but I had no luck with it.

Has anyone else got issues with similar hardware? Thanks in advance.

  • @mvirts
    1•1 month ago

    In addition to the pavucontrol advice, I recommend firing up alsamixer to check the mute and volume of the detected cards and channels.

    • @[email protected]OP
      1•1 month ago

      By selecting “HDA Intel PCH” card with F6, this is what I see:

      Terminal Screenshot

      The S/PDIF isn’t muted but its level isn’t shown (like is shown for Master and PCM). Could this because of profile in use from pavucontrol or is it something related to alsamixer?

      • @mvirts
        2•1 month ago

        Maybe try unmuting that spdif d… Channel? Seems suspicious

        • @[email protected]OP
          2•28 days ago

          By unmuting “HP/Speaker” the light turns on finally.
          By unmuting “HP/Speaker Auto Detect” too, the light turns off again.

          As soon as I can, I will try to play something thru it and will report.

          Ty!

          Screenshot

          alsamixer

          Edit:
          While the light is on, audio still does not come out.
          Maybe I should try now to change profile on pavucontrol.
          I’ll take a look.