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arch_porter88

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Registered: 2011-08-02

Posts: 2

No Sound on nvidia hdmi audio driven display

I have installed arch on my Dell Dimension XPS 410 with a NvidiaGeforce 210.
out put from lspci

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT218 [GeForce 210] (rev a2)
01:00.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)

uname -ar out put
Linux shannon 2.6.39-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Jul 9 14:57:41 CEST 2011 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

I have installed nvidia and nvidia-utils how ever I hav e yet to get the hdmi driven audio on my Dynex 32''  Lcd tv which i use as a  repalce ment from an older  dell 2005 FPW.

My question is how do i get my hdmi fed audio working on the aformentioned  LCD tv?
lspci | grep nvidia

nvidia              11783197  40
i2c_core               20165  3 nvidia,videodev,i2c_i801

aplay -l

card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 7: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 8: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 9: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

How do i get thiss hdmi audio device working?

Last edited by arch_porter88 (2011-08-02 15:19:06)

themusicalduck

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Registered: 2011-07-04

Posts: 123

Re: No Sound on nvidia hdmi audio driven display

I have this same problem, although my hardware is slightly different - GT218 [NVS 3100M]

By following the instructions on https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ad … s_Not_Work I was able to get sound to play using that aplay command. But I could never figure out how to get it to work with Pulseaudio. If you happen to just use pure ALSA then the instructions there might work for you.

arch_porter88

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Registered: 2011-08-02

Posts: 2

Re: No Sound on nvidia hdmi audio driven display

Thanks you  themusicalduck

yourhereticself

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Registered: 2011-07-31

Posts: 3

Re: No Sound on nvidia hdmi audio driven display

I was having a problem with my hdmi sound. and just got it working today, though im on an ati so I doubt I can help but.... when I was using alsa on its own, under kmix I could get no channels for volume control with my hdmi. This morning I installed pulseaudio including all plugins the wiki suggested and all works now. With pulseaudio the hdmi sound card name actually even changed and is more detailed.

doorknob60

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Registered: 2008-09-29

Posts: 403

Re: No Sound on nvidia hdmi audio driven display

Try using this command with all the listed devices until you hear sound from one of them.

aplay -D hw:1,9 /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav

Also, go into alsamixer, press F6 to go to the right sound card, and unmute everything by pressing M (OO means on, MM means muted). For me, I have a similar aplay -l, and for some reason, the correct device for me also hw:1,9 (no clue why there's four of them...), and things like pulse just assume it's 1,3. If you use ALSA, it should be easy to set it up in /etc/asound.conf. If you want pulse, you might have to go into /etc/pulse/default.pa and add a line like this in order for the correct card to show up, it worked for me on my GT430:

load-module module-alsa-sink device="hw:1,9" sink_name=digital_output

Last edited by doorknob60 (2011-08-02 18:10:28)

uncholowapo

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From: US

Registered: 2009-03-29

Posts: 238

Re: No Sound on nvidia hdmi audio driven display

I am also having the same problem. Latest drivers with my GTX 560 Ti and when I use the aplay command listed above for all 4 devices I get this error:

aplay: set_params:1065: Channels count non available