[SOLVED]How can I completely remove Nvidia HDMI soundcard?

n4h0j · 2011-03-18 18:44:21

Hi everyone.

I have tried to fix this specific problem for several days now and I can't seem to get it to work. The wiki and google have not been able to help me.

I am using Pulseaudio and Alsa.

I have 3 different sound cards:

[johan@archlinux ~]$ cat /proc/asound/cards
 0 [Intel          ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
                      HDA Intel at 0xfbff8000 irq 50
 1 [NVidia         ]: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia
                      HDA NVidia at 0xf9ffc000 irq 17
 2 [Headset        ]: USB-Audio - SB WoW Wireless Headset
                      SB WoW Wireless Headset SB WoW Wireless Headset at usb-0000:00:1a.0-2, full spe

I don't use the Nvidia card at all and would like to remove it from the equation. In most cases this is done by blacklisting the corresponding module in rc.conf, but both card 0 and 1 uses the same moduel.

[johan@archlinux ~]$ cat /proc/asound/modules 
 0 snd_hda_intel
 1 snd_hda_intel
 2 snd_usb_audio

So, if I disable the snd_hda_intel module, I assume none of them will work.

Why do I want to remove the Nvidia card?

Well, I like to change the output sink with a script so I can easily keybind it. The script I used to use looks like this:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

sinks=($(pacmd list-sinks | grep index | \
    awk '{ if ($1 == "*") print "1",$3; else print "0",$2 }'))
inputs=($(pacmd list-sink-inputs | grep index | awk '{print $2}'))

[[ ${sinks[0]} = 0 ]] && swap=${sinks[1]} || swap=${sinks[3]}

pacmd set-default-sink $swap &> /dev/null
for i in ${inputs[*]}; do pacmd move-sink-input $i $swap &> /dev/null; done

I copied this script from somewhere a time ago and it has been working fine when using debian. With Arch it does not.

Does anyone know howto remove my hdmi sound card or change the script so that it switches between just my onboard card and my usb headset? If there is a way to send all sound to all 3 cards, that would be another solution.

Last edited by n4h0j (2011-03-18 22:22:45)

n4h0j · 2011-03-18 21:24:49

Is it possible to force the nvidia sound card to use another module, and then disable that module? Grasping for straws...

n4h0j · 2011-03-18 21:34:34

Also, more info:

lsmod|grep '^snd' | column -t
snd_usb_audio          87447   3
snd_usbmidi_lib        18516   1   snd_usb_audio
snd_rawmidi            19525   1   snd_usbmidi_lib
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     22857   4
snd_hda_codec_realtek  295685  1
snd_seq_dummy          1479    0
snd_seq_oss            29240   0
snd_seq_midi_event     5516    1   snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                50562   5   snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device         5281    4   snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_hda_intel          21837   2
snd_hda_codec          74609   3   snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep              6222    2   snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                72321   5   snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_timer              19537   2   snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    58906   22  snd_usb_audio,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer
snd_page_alloc         7361    2   snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm

ls -l /dev/snd
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root       60 Mar 18 22:27 by-id
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root      100 Mar 18 22:27 by-path
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 10 Mar 18 22:27 controlC0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 19 Mar 18 22:27 controlC1
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 22 Mar 18 22:27 controlC2
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116,  9 Mar 18 22:27 hwC0D2
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 18 Mar 18 22:27 hwC1D0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 17 Mar 18 22:27 hwC1D1
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 16 Mar 18 22:27 hwC1D2
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 15 Mar 18 22:27 hwC1D3
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116,  8 Mar 18 22:27 pcmC0D0c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116,  7 Mar 18 22:27 pcmC0D0p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116,  6 Mar 18 22:27 pcmC0D1c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116,  5 Mar 18 22:27 pcmC0D1p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116,  4 Mar 18 22:27 pcmC0D2c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 14 Mar 18 22:27 pcmC1D3p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 13 Mar 18 22:27 pcmC1D7p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 12 Mar 18 22:27 pcmC1D8p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 11 Mar 18 22:27 pcmC1D9p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 21 Mar 18 22:27 pcmC2D0c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 20 Mar 18 22:30 pcmC2D0p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116,  3 Mar 18 22:27 seq
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116,  2 Mar 18 22:27 timer

n4h0j · 2011-03-18 22:22:22

Ok.

So the solution was kind of simple.

I simply installed pavucontrol and turned of the hdmi card in the interface. I then added the following to my /etc/pulse/default.pa:

load-module module-combine channels=6 channel_map=front-left,front-right,rear-left,rear-right,front-center,lfe

Then I was able to use the combined channel for the two cards that was left after disabling hdmi. I switched from Xine to Gstreamer in Phonon backend and I don't get any lag with this solution. This way I don't even have to use a macro to switch between output sinks.

jordz · 2011-03-24 22:51:04

I also tried to do this.
First I tested a modalias in modprobe.conf, that didn't work.
I tried to create a udev rule to disable the device, but that didn't work because "ignore_device" and "last_rule" don't work anymore.

This is how I fixed it now:

Find the pci id with:

lspci | grep -i audio

Find the correct folder

find /sys/devices -name *01:00.1
/sys/devices/pci0000\:00/0000\:00\:03.0/0000\:01\:00.1/

And add this to the /etc/rc.local

echo 1 > /sys/devices/pci0000\:00/0000\:00\:03.0/0000\:01\:00.1/remove

Last edited by jordz (2011-03-24 22:55:18)

spsf64 · 2013-05-01 15:15:37

Does this work for systemd? I tried this with a new arch installation and didn't work...
Any help? TIA

n4h0j wrote:

Ok.
So the solution was kind of simple.
I simply installed pavucontrol and turned of the hdmi card in the interface. I then added the following to my /etc/pulse/default.pa:
load-module module-combine channels=6 channel_map=front-left,front-right,rear-left,rear-right,front-center,lfe
Then I was able to use the combined channel for the two cards that was left after disabling hdmi. I switched from Xine to Gstreamer in Phonon backend and I don't get any lag with this solution. This way I don't even have to use a macro to switch between output sinks.

Inxsible · 2013-05-01 15:20:13

spsf64, do not necrobump threads especially solved ones. Make sure you read the forum rules

Closing..

Arch Linux

#1 2011-03-18 18:44:21

[SOLVED]How can I completely remove Nvidia HDMI soundcard?

#2 2011-03-18 21:24:49

Re: [SOLVED]How can I completely remove Nvidia HDMI soundcard?

#3 2011-03-18 21:34:34

Re: [SOLVED]How can I completely remove Nvidia HDMI soundcard?

#4 2011-03-18 22:22:22

Re: [SOLVED]How can I completely remove Nvidia HDMI soundcard?

#5 2011-03-24 22:51:04

Re: [SOLVED]How can I completely remove Nvidia HDMI soundcard?

#6 2013-05-01 15:15:37

Re: [SOLVED]How can I completely remove Nvidia HDMI soundcard?

#7 2013-05-01 15:20:13

Re: [SOLVED]How can I completely remove Nvidia HDMI soundcard?

Board footer