[ALSA - driver 0001649]: No surround sound on ICH5 (AC'97 AD1980)

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A NOTE has been added to this issue.
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<https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=1649> 
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Reported By:                znerd
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    ALSA - driver
Issue ID:                   1649
Category:                   PCI - intel8x0
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
Distribution:               Gentoo Linux
Kernel Version:             2.6.14
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Date Submitted:             12-14-2005 02:37 CET
Last Modified:              12-24-2005 16:33 CET
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Summary:                    No surround sound on ICH5 (AC'97 AD1980)
Description: 
I cannot get my AC'97 device (AD1980) to produce any sound other than
stereo output. I have tried various settings on alsamixer and I used
various speaker-test forms to validate settings. When I use:

   speaker-test -Dplug:surround40 -c4

then I hear just Front-Left and Front-Right. There is total silence on the
rear channels. I plugged the rear speakers plug into the 2nd sound output
jack.

Some hints would be appreciated. I have been searching around the internet
and have found other issues regarding the AD1980, but not this one. I do
realize it may be my setup that's wrong, but the chance is getting quite
small by now.
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 znerd - 12-14-05 08:46 
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I'm not sure whether I set or unset 'PNP OS'. I'll have a look at the BIOS
settings when I come home.

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 znerd - 12-24-05 16:33 
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I do not even have a 'PNP OS' setting. So what's the next step? Do I need
to provide any additional feedback? Note that I installed Windows XP (SP2)
this week, but I could not see how to enable surround sound there. I could
indicate I have Quadrofonic speakers, but I'm not sure whether that should
work.

Issue History
Date Modified  Username       Field                    Change              
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12-14-05 02:37 znerd          New Issue                                    
12-14-05 02:37 znerd          Distribution              => Gentoo Linux    
12-14-05 02:37 znerd          Kernel Version            => 2.6.14          
12-14-05 02:41 znerd          Note Added: 0007026                          
12-14-05 07:46 lmike          Note Added: 0007029                          
12-14-05 08:46 znerd          Note Added: 0007030                          
12-24-05 16:33 znerd          Note Added: 0007142                          
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