On Mon, 2010-01-25 at 17:30 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > Bill Davidsen wrote: > > Marcel Rieux wrote: > > > >> Since the NVIDIA forums are just a lost of time, I'll first ask the > >> question here. > >> > >> I have an NVIDIA 9400GT card and a Sony LCD TV linked with an HDMI cable. > >> > >> First problem I found: the S/PDIF cable -- which is needed only with > >> NVIDIA cards -- wasn't installed. The plug had a molding problem and > >> one of the 4 holes was blocked. (The hole was just empty: no wire > >> going to it.) I opened it with a pin, installed it with the arrow > >> facing the closest part of the motherboard, reversed it, and, of > >> course, sound doesn't come out of the TV. It's an Nvidia product! > >> > >> Anybody got this working? > >> > > > > Did you get PulseAudio to send output to the connector? Many times this is a PA > > config issue. > > > > > That is actually a very good question.... > > Everything I would find out about ASUS Nvidia 9400GT based cards > (assuming this is an actual card) is that the spdif cable is simply a > pass though. One connects the spdif cable from the graphics card to > either a sound card connector or motherboard connector (depending on > your system and its configuration) and sound is simply passed through to > the HDMI. > > So, one needs to ensure the output is configured correctly. > > FWIW, this also seems to indicate that the Nvidia drivers are not used > for this functions. I second that. Is one of your sound card connected via a pass-through to the graphics card? Is it configured correctly in the gnome-volume-control applet under output devices? (Accessible from both GNOME and KDE) - Gilboa -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
