Hello Doug. On Fri, Jul 06, 2012 at 01:04:48AM -0400, Doug wrote: > On 07/05/2012 11:35 PM, Gregor Galwas wrote: > > Hi, > > > > your HDMI sound will only work, if your kernel/drm will suppoprt your > > video-hardware. > > > > In my case I am using a AMD Radeon 6850 card + (oss) radeon driver. > > > > You can check if you have hdmi sound support by checking what your kernel > > log output says > > > > > > dmesg | grep audio > > > > [drm] Enabling audio support > > > > As far as I know, you will need kernel 3.5-rc3 (or newer) to get working > > HDMI sound (in case of most AMD 6xxx cards). > > > > > > Gregor > > > I too have not been able to get HDMI sound out of my video card in Linux > (PCLOS) altho it works in XP. I had a lot of intended help from the PCLOS > forum, but nothing worked. I was interested in your posting of the dmesg > command. I tried it and got this: > > [doug@Linux1 ~]$ dmesg | grep audio > usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio > > That has nothing at all to do with the HDMI output on the GeForce (NVidia) > card, nor anything to do with the on-board sound that works fine locally. > It refers to a web-cam with a mic that I have connected to the usb port. > My kernel is 3.2.18, (32 bit) the latest available for this distro. > Have you tried to use either the proprietary NVidia drivers, or Nouveau? I currently am using the former; and when properly configured (at least with my machine), if I redirect audio to my SPDIF output, I'll get HDMI audio. igueths@lappie:~$ aplay -l **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC888 Analog [ALC888 Analog] Subdevices: 0/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: ALC888 Digital [ALC888 Digital] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 6: Si3054 Modem [Si3054 Modem] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Hope this helps! > > If you have any ideas, I might go back and mess with it a little more, but > I really just want the HDMI output to watch video on my TV set, and I can > do that in XP. It's just a pain! > > Oh--one other thing: I absolutely refuse to get involved with Pulse Audio. > I have lost two very bad bouts with it, and I refuse to go another round! > > --doug > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > -- Igor
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