[pulseaudio-discuss] Intel HDA on ubuntu 9.04 beta

[Mark Greenwood]

On Thursday 02 April 2009 22:49:28 Lennart Poettering wrote:
> On Thu, 02.04.09 21:49, Mark Greenwood (fatgerman at ntlworld.com) wrote:
> 
> > > > > Last four times I have upgrade my ubuntu I have lost my S/PDIF audio
> > > > > output.  I have to mess around with it until I can get it back.
> > > > 
> > > > No clue about Ubuntu. But I think there are 'PPA's for PA from git somewhere.
> > > > 
> > > > Lennart
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Indeed there are. This guy has 0.9.15-test7 for Jaunty, along with updated alsa libs to support it.
> > > 
> > > https://launchpad.net/~themuso/+archive/ppa
> > > 
> > > You may need a Launchpad login to access it. I haven't tried it myself (yet).
> > 
> > OK I have now tried it, with only mild success. I can't get audio
> > out of my speakers unless I explicitly specify 5.1 surround (it
> > defaults to stereo) and then it is deafening and the volume controls
> > don't work. Not sure exactly what's happening. I wouldn't reccommend
> > trying this unless you are confident you can 'go back'.
> 
> Are you aware of the new profile logic? Use a current pavucontrol
> snapshot or 'set-card-profile' in pacmd to switch to the appropriate
> channel map/profile for your card. PA will then remember. It will of
> course default to stereo for obvious reasons.

Yes, the PPA has a pavucontrol snapshot as well. 
 
> If your volume controls don't work then this is most likely a driver
> issue. Could you please paste the output of "list-sinks" from pacmd?
> 
> Lennart

Unfortunately I've already trashed that installation (it's a test machine) and am installing Mandriva on it - Mandriva has 0.9.15 by default. if I still have problems I will get back to you.

Thanks,

Mark