Nforce2, need digital out to work (audio), doesnt?

lopoetve · 09-10-2003, 10:28 AM

Ok. I can't get the digital out to work on my Nforce2 board with Slack 9. It's starting to really tick me off. I got the latest nforce drivers, and compiling them and installing them (and recompiling my kernel) doesn't work. The modules install, but I get no sound. My setup requires that I use the digital out, not the analog.

Also, in recompiling my kernel, I lost the ability to use a different vga mode for the initial boot. It's there, but if I select any mode OTHER than normal, I get a blank screen.

TIA for any answers, if I can't get this working soon, I'm ditching soundstorm for an Audigy2.

JOPS · 09-10-2003, 10:32 AM

Are you using OSS or ALSA? What kernel version? Anyway I would personally go for that Audigy2 no matter what since the nvidia stuff probably doesn't support hardware mixing in Linux.

lopoetve · 09-10-2003, 11:05 PM

OSS modules, Kernel 2.4.20.

crashmeister · 09-11-2003, 05:20 AM

I read that alsa is supposed to support the digital output.Can't check it though - got nothing digital to use it with.
But if you got an audigy I would ditch soundstorm for it any day.

JOPS · 09-12-2003, 03:09 PM

Put the Audigy2 in the machine and install ALSA.