No HDMI sound

[Tharbad]

Hello,

I have no sound with my HDMI output.

Detailes:
OS: Mint Xfce 13 x32
Graphic Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 6450 1GB.
I'm using AMD drivers.

I just upgraded from Mint KDE 11 x32 where I had no sound problem (But I had performance problems so I moved to Xfce).

What I tried:
* Editing /etc/asound.conf so HDMI is the default output.
* Setting HDMI as default profile in pulse audio. - This one actually worked until the next restart.

Any ideas?

Thanks

[Tharbad]

I have a solution:
1) Remove AMD driver
2) Restart
3) Install AMD driver
4) Restart
5) Sound is working

[Tharbad]

After another restart it's dead again. I think it's a bug...

[Tharbad]

Hi,

After installing Radeon drivers and restarting the pc I have sound but if I restart again I don't.
So If I want to get sound (Through the HDMI port) I need to:
1) Uninstall the drivers
2) Restart
3) Install the drivers
4) Restart
5) Keep the pc running forever.

I'm guessing there is something that is running in the next boot after the installation that is not running anymore after that. But I have no idea how I'm suppose to find it.

System Details:
Mint 13 Xfce x32
CPU: AMD Athlon II x2 265
GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 5450

I've just upgraded the system from Mint 11 KDE x32 which worked fine.

Thanks

[kc1di]

hi Tharbad,

sound like the driver module is not being loaded on boot.
go to a terminal and type the following command after a fresh boot.

then list the output here see if we can help.

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lsmod

where l is lowercase L not #1.

[Tharbad]

Module Size Used by
rfcomm 38139 0
parport_pc 32114 0
bnep 17830 2
bluetooth 158438 10 rfcomm,bnep
ppdev 12849 0
binfmt_misc 17292 1
vesafb 13516 1
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 31775 1
snd_hda_codec_realtek 174055 1
snd_hda_intel 32765 5
snd_hda_codec 109562 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 13276 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 80845 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
snd_rawmidi 25424 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 51567 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
psmouse 87140 0
snd_timer 28931 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14172 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
serio_raw 13027 0
mac_hid 13077 0
fglrx 2909855 65
snd 62064 20 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
sp5100_tco 13495 0
i2c_piix4 13093 0
k10temp 12990 0
soundcore 14635 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 14115 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
lp 17455 0
parport 40930 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
pata_atiixp 12999 0
r8169 56321 0

Thanks

[xenopeek]

Topics merged as concerning the same question.

[Tharbad]

Anyone?

[Hari Singh]

Had the same problem on Linux Mint 14. The following solved this issue for me:

To setup the HDMI sound system for output get the package - pavucontrol

In the terminal, first just type: pavucontrol

If this app does not exist then get the app by typing: sudo apt-get install pavucontrol
followed by your password.

Now run this app again by typing: pavucontrol

When the app launches it should say Volume control at the title-bar of the app. Select the configure tab / from the drop-down menu for profile - select the HDMI option.

On the Output device tab, the port should read HDMI....

That should do it!!! It worked for me and I hope you are lucky as well.

[Brahim Salem]

Same problem here with Linux Mint 13 Mate on Dell Inspiron N5110. I have to reset the output to Built-in Audio Analog Stereo instead of GF108 High Defiinition Audio Controller Digital Stereo (HDMI) each time I reboot. When I tried to add

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rm -r ~/.pulse && killall pulseaudio  

to startup applications I got the sound working again but I could no longer control the volume and had to do it through the media player