Re: Thelio hardware problem with Linux Mint

On Mon, 11 Mar 2024 13:15:33 -0000 (UTC), vallor <vallor@cultnix.org>
wrote in <usn05k$3d3vd$1@dont-email.me>:

On Mon, 11 Mar 2024 07:33:02 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<ldo@nz.invalid> wrote in <usmc3e$3g6h5$1@dont-email.me>:
 

On Sun, 10 Mar 2024 19:16:55 -0000 (UTC), vallor wrote:
 

Thing is, the TOSLink connector is usually on the motherboard, and I
don't have problems with them.  But this time, I think the connector
is on a daughterboard, and I suspect it is connected to the
motherboard via USB.

 
Is an optical connection really worth using?

 
I prefer it, if only because the sound takes a pure digital path to the
DAC in the amplifier, and it's opto-isolated.
 
But USB would offer the same pure digital path, and the amplifier
accepts USB.  Both are plugged into the UPS,
so maybe I should just go for it. (I've just had bad luck with USB audio
before, but perhaps that is a thing of the past.)

Got the right cable, and I'm on USB now for audio.

So far, no dropouts or clicks.  I guess it was my own
pig-headedness that kept me from having reliable sound.

No way I could have done a "test it with Windows and
see if it works there", because there's never been
a Windows installation on this box, nor do I think
there's drivers for the special daughterboard.
(The DB handles fan speeds too, if I'm not
mistaken.)

Going to leave it on this kernel for now, instead of building
and installing Linux 6.8 -- best not to change more than one
thing at a time...

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