On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 4:05 PM, Robert Parker <theparkers.mailbox@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi > > I cant get speaker-test to play audio through HDMI > > $ uname -a > Linux asrock 2.6.27.9-159.fc10.i686 #1 SMP Tue Dec 16 15:12:04 EST > 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux > > $ aplay -l > **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** > card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: VT1708S Analog [VT1708S Analog] > Subdevices: 2/2 > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 > card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 1: VT1708S Digital [VT1708S Digital] > Subdevices: 2/2 > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 > card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: NVIDIA HDMI [NVIDIA HDMI] > Subdevices: 1/1 > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > > $ speaker-test -D hw:0,3 > > speaker-test 1.0.18 > > Playback device is hw:0,3 > Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 1 channels > Using 16 octaves of pink noise > Channels count (1) not available for playbacks: Invalid argument > Setting of hwparams failed: Invalid argument > $ > > I think I've unmuted the HDMI > $ amixer > ... > Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0 > Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined > Playback channels: Mono > Mono: Playback [on] > Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Default PCM',0 > Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined > Playback channels: Mono > Mono: Playback [on] > Simple mixer control 'IEC958',1 > Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined > Playback channels: Mono > Mono: Playback [on] > Simple mixer control 'IEC958',2 > Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined > Playback channels: Mono > Mono: Playback [on] > ... > > Maybe I'm missing a driver update for Nvidia ION ? but I dont really > want to go breaking things by downloading the wrong s/w. > > $ yum list installed | grep -i nvidia > kmod-nvidia.i686 177.82-1.fc10.7 installed > kmod-nvidia-2.6.27.9-159.fc10.i686.i686 177.82-1.fc10.7 installed > xorg-x11-drv-nvidia.i386 177.82-1.fc10 installed > xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i386 177.82-1.fc10 installed > $ > > "Nvidia audio not working over HDMI" seems to be quite a common theme > but I've yet to find any definitive solutions. Any help would be > greatly appreciated. Yes, this is a very common problem and I've had basically the same experience as you. Finding tons of messages asking for help, no replies with any definitive. It would be great if someone who has this working writes up an _explicit_ howto. I know about a million users would greatly appreciate it. Btw, my ion system is a Zotac IONITX-C-U.. Not that it matters, everyone is having the same problem. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
