[SOLVED] No analogue audio output device option on RPi 4B

[Dustin21]

(25th Apr, 2024 12:30 AM)walt Wrote:  I looked at this again and realised I'd been stupid as I followed your instructions to the letter, but on the 32 bit installation... With 64 bit, it works like a charm (of course ). I'm listing the steps here in case another confused soul would be looking for this:
- Downloaded the 64 bit image ‘XBian_2024.04.19_arm64_rpi5.img.gz’ from https://sourceforge.net/projects/xbian/files/release/beautifulideas.in (the filename contains 'rpi5', but it works for the RPi 4)
- Extracted the img file from the archive, and created the SD card with USB Image Writer (on Windows, use e.g. Balena Etcher)
- As per Nachteule's post #9 above:
* ssh’d into the RPi with the default credentials (xbian/raspberry)
* sudo nano /etc/default/xbian-initramfs
** set parameter FORCEINITRAM to yes
** save the file
* sudo xbian-update-initramfs
* sudo reboot
- Now, the analogue device appears in the list of audio output devices

I'm about to set up a fresh install on my RPi 4.

regarding the fix involving FORCEINITRAM=yes and using the 64-bit image—is this step still required for the latest stable builds, or has this configuration been integrated into the standard image by now? Thanks!