HD Audio (Realtek ALC888)

[mfker]

Looking for a simple answer for a simple person (me )

Just installed 3.4a x86-64.
I am unable to hear anything through SPDIF, only through headphones attached to the front outputs. I removed the headphones and selected the IEC958 switch in Kmix, deselected the headphones switch, and still hear nothing.

Thanks in advance for any help.

[mfker]

Seems to be working now, had mute and unmute various things, slightly convoluted but it works nonetheless. This is an ALSA issue rather than a Sabayon one for any other noobs checking this post out

[phzi]

That's pretty classic... ALSA doesn't enable digital output (spdif) by default.