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Sound Blaster Recon3Di S/PDIF No Output (self.linux)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by MrSoup to c/[email protected]

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Are you using pipewire?

Install pavucontrol, what profiles can you see there for this card? I had to change the profile there to get digital output.

[–] MrSoup 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Does your red light turn on? I've already tried some profiles there, should double check then.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I don't have this exact card, but used several different pcie soundcards with linux with toslink, and usually I had to fiddle with pavucontrol

[–] MrSoup 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Please see my reply to @just_[email protected] (https://lemmy.zip/comment/11862806)