Thanks a lot, i had similar problems with my acer 5920g notebook and the only problem was that i just upgraded alsa-base but not alsa utils greetings, Marco Gusy wrote: > First let's make things clear ;-) > I manage to make hdmi audio work. This happened at 1:30 a.m., with > my avreceiver booming kde opening session sound at thunderstorm-like > volume for the happines of my neighbours XD > > I didn't pay enough attention to you user classification, but if you want to > place me somewhere I tell what I did, I post here some history because it > will be useful to others > > 2.6.29.1 kernel isn't supported by many software in stable release I need > (i.e. Lirc). This is, in my opinion, why gentoo still marked 2.6.27 as latest > stable. > > -First thing I did is compiling 2.6.27 kernel with its alsa version. Analog > audio was detected, hdmi was not. > > -I recompiled kernel without alsa, and built externally alsa 1.0.19. I > wrongly used the old alsa utils, so HDMI were not recognized by alsaconf. > > -i switched to 2.6.29.1 (which ships alsa 1.0.18a) and upgraded alsa > utils to 1.0.19. Hdmi was detected by alsaconf, but still didn't play > anything from virtual console. I also found out lirc could not compile. I > decided to ask help on this list, and meanwhile concentrate on lirc and > mythtv. > > -i came back to 2.6.27, used alsa 1.0.19 with new alsa utils. Hdmi were > recognized. Installed lirc, kde, mythtv and other good software. > > -i booted for some reason to 2.6.29.1 and when kde started BOOM! > > +-+-++-+-+-Short epilogue+-+-+-+--+-+-+-+- > > Hdmi works on 2.6.29.1 with alsa 1.0.18a. > Hdmi DOESN'T work on 2.6.27 with alsa 1.0.19. > I suspect (can't bet anyway) nvidia driver for X unlocks hdmi audio on my > mother board. This because in bios settings under HDMI audio I only have > "Disabled" and "AUTO" (there is no "Enabled" -_- ) > > This is my WORKING setup: > > marco@minibox ~ $ cat /proc/asound/version > Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.18a. > > marco@minibox ~ $ uname -r > 2.6.29.1 > > marco@minibox ~ $ cat /etc/asound.conf > pcm.!default hdmi:NVidia > pcm.iec958 hdmi:NVidia > > marco@minibox ~ $ aplay -L > hdmi:CARD=NVidia > HDA NVidia, NVIDIA HDMI > HDMI Audio Output > null > Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture) > > marco@minibox ~ $ ls /proc/asound/card0/ > codec#3 id pcm3p > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. > Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
