Silence through HDMI cable

pirmas · #1 30th May 2012, 01:38 AM

I recently came into possession of a "bricked" computer tower from my folks. It had given them some graphic issues but apparently one day just stopped working. They gave it to me. The next day I had fedora 16 on it an other than a few issues at start-up, things seemed fine. The only linux experience I have is from work, and I am an Engineer so I don't actually mess with linux, I just use it like any other OS.

Then the graphics card seemed to give up and the graphical issues they had described returned. So I ran out an bought a "new" graphics card. I grabbed an Nvidia GeForce 210 (218 to be specific) and popped it in no problem.

Now, because I only got the tower, I had been using the computer through my television via HDMI cable. And with the old graphics card the sound was fine. Now there is no sound. I've tried updating the drivers. Maybe I don't know how to properly install them? But it had been working fine one day, then the next my fiancee pointed out we couldn't hear anything.

Running fedora 16
-kernel: 3.3.7-1.fc16.i686.PAE
-32-bit

The kernel recently changed during one of my "attempts" to fix the problem. I don't remember seeing the "PAE" at boot.

Thanks for the help and sorry for probably being the umpteenth person to ask this, but reading through previous threads I just either didn't get what was being recommended or it just didn't work.

stevea · #2 30th May 2012, 05:16 AM

Use 'pavucontrol'. You may need to install it. [yum install pavucontrol].
Under the configutation tab, select "Digital Stereo (HDMI) Ouput".
Sometimes you need to adjust the volume after that.

pirmas · #3 30th May 2012, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by stevea

Use 'pavucontrol'. You may need to install it. [yum install pavucontrol].
Under the configutation tab, select "Digital Stereo (HDMI) Ouput".
Sometimes you need to adjust the volume after that.

Done and no dice.

Could there be necessary software on the disc that comes with the graphics card? I've been trying to run it but so far I haven't been able to do that either.

CronoCloud · #4 30th May 2012, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by pirmas

Then the graphics card seemed to give up and the graphical issues they had described returned. So I ran out an bought a "new" graphics card. I grabbed an Nvidia GeForce 210 (218 to be specific) and popped it in no problem.

Maybe I don't know how to properly install them? But it had been working fine one day, then the next my fiancee pointed out we couldn't hear anything.

I have a GT220 myself:

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=261378

That should do the trick, though you won't want to use combined sink, but that's okay because switching outputs on the fly works properly now.

CronoCloud

pirmas · #5 31st May 2012, 01:26 AM

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Originally Posted by CronoCloud

I have a GT220 myself:

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=261378

That should do the trick, though you won't want to use combined sink, but that's okay because switching outputs on the fly works properly now.

CronoCloud

I'll have to give it a try when I get home from work, thanks.

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Originally Posted by pirmas

I'll have to give it a try when I get home from work, thanks.

I gave it a short but there were two main issues: the link in that post is for ubuntu, I don't know how to translate ubuntu-speak into fedora-speak so I don't have an "options" command (or so says my terminal). Then I don't have an /etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf so there is nothing to be done there. Later, when editing /etc/pulse/default.pa it just causes sound to disappear entirely and when I attempt to run alsamixer I am just told that I have been rejected even when I use sudo or am set as root.

I am using a PNY graphics card if that makes a difference. I am very irked that the broken car worked find with sound (but not video) and the new graphics card works fine with video (but not audio). This was supposed to help us with netflix and stuff, but has become just a hassle.

I assume the drivers on the CD are easily obtainable via a simple yum update.

CronoCloud · #6 31st May 2012, 02:14 AM

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Originally Posted by pirmas

I gave it a short but there were two main issues: the link in that post is for ubuntu, I don't know how to translate ubuntu-speak into fedora-speak so I don't have an "options" command (or so says my terminal). p/quote]

Yeah, I should have done a simple fast howto that has only what you need to do.

pquote]Then I don't have an /etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf so there is nothing to be done there.

You'll have to create it, it's just a simple text file, as root or by using sudo, using whatever editor you prefer. All you need in it is these lines:

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options snd-hda-intel enable_msi=0 probe_mask=0xffff,0xfff2
options snd-hda-intel model=auto

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Later, when editing /etc/pulse/default.pa it just causes sound to disappear entirely

That's okay...pulse is like that...it'll start working properly once everything is set and after a reboot. you really only need to add just one more line in /etc/pulse/default.pa, put it at the location described in that post, that's the best place::

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load-module module-alsa-sink device=hw:1,3

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and when I attempt to run alsamixer I am just told that I have been rejected even when I use sudo or am set as root.

Probably a groups issue, you'll probably need to add your user to a couple of groups. you can use system-config-users to do it, though the UI is a bit confusing, or use usermod on the commandline as root:

Code:

usermod -G GROUPS -a USERNAME

Most likely it will be:

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usermod -G audio pulse-access pulse -a USERNAME

I am using a PNY graphics card if that makes a difference. I am very irked that the broken car worked find with sound (but not video) and the new graphics card works fine with video (but not audio).

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This was supposed to help us with netflix and stuff, but has become just a hassle.

Netflix doesn't work on Linux, as far as I know.

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I assume the drivers on the CD are easily obtainable via a simple yum update.

Not exactly. You should have at least limited or better 3D support right now via Nouveau, but for some cards and some use cases the Linux version of the proprietary driver obtained via RPMFusion (not the nvidia site itself) is better.

Install the RPMfusion repos as normal, via the web browser, it's easy:

http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration

Then you will need to blacklist nouveau, find /etc/default/grub and see if there's a GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX line full of options in quotes. if there is, as root or sudo add a

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