Advanced Mini Dock, R500, Linux Mint, SPDIF Output

[Harryc]

I did a fairly in depth search for a method to enable the SPDIF out port on an Advanced MiniDock in Linux Mint, but could not find anything. Does anyone have this working? I am running an R500 on the dock. I was able to get the SPDIF port working on Vista while docked, so all of the hardware and cabling is in order.

[Harryc]

This is fixed in Linux Mint 10 RC 64bit. I can't point to the bug or the fix, but it just works. It is so worth getting this working if you have a decent HTR or regular receiver with a coax SPDIF input. The audio quality is awesome off of the dock. Even using just a simple M-M RCA patch cable works fine.