ATI HDMI sound problem (ALSA)

[Glaucous]

Hello. I've been fixing around with sound on Ubuntu today, so far I got most of it working. I'm still not able to get sound through ATI 4870 HDMI (it works on Windows 7), it worked on pulseaudio, but I wanted to change to ALSA.

aplay -L

default:CARD=SB
HDA ATI SB, ALC888 Analog
Default Audio Device
front:CARD=SB,DEV=0
HDA ATI SB, ALC888 Analog
Front speakers
surround40:CARD=SB,DEV=0
HDA ATI SB, ALC888 Analog
4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=SB,DEV=0
HDA ATI SB, ALC888 Analog
4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=SB,DEV=0
HDA ATI SB, ALC888 Analog
5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=SB,DEV=0
HDA ATI SB, ALC888 Analog
5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=SB,DEV=0
HDA ATI SB, ALC888 Analog
7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=SB,DEV=0
HDA ATI SB, ALC888 Digital
IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
null
Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
default:CARD=Headset
Logitech USB Headset, USB Audio
Default Audio Device
front:CARD=Headset,DEV=0
Logitech USB Headset, USB Audio
Front speakers
surround40:CARD=Headset,DEV=0
Logitech USB Headset, USB Audio
4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=Headset,DEV=0
Logitech USB Headset, USB Audio
4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=Headset,DEV=0
Logitech USB Headset, USB Audio
5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=Headset,DEV=0
Logitech USB Headset, USB Audio
5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=Headset,DEV=0
Logitech USB Headset, USB Audio
7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=Headset,DEV=0
Logitech USB Headset, USB Audio
IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
default:CARD=Live
SB Live! Value [SB0101], ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback
Default Audio Device
front:CARD=Live,DEV=0
SB Live! Value [SB0101], ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback
Front speakers
rear:CARD=Live,DEV=0
SB Live! Value [SB0101], ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback
Rear speakers
center_lfe:CARD=Live,DEV=0
SB Live! Value [SB0101], ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback
Center and Subwoofer speakers
surround40:CARD=Live,DEV=0
SB Live! Value [SB0101], ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback
4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=Live,DEV=0
SB Live! Value [SB0101], ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback
4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=Live,DEV=0
SB Live! Value [SB0101], ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback
5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=Live,DEV=0
SB Live! Value [SB0101], ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback
5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
iec958:CARD=Live,DEV=0
SB Live! Value [SB0101], Multichannel Capture/PT Playback
IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output

Card=SB (0) is my integrated soundcard, Realtek, I use this for SPDIF coaxial to be able to use my AVR without having to use HDMI - this is only for music.

Card=HEADSET (1) is my USB headset, probably no problems there.

Card=Live (2) is my PCI creative SB Live 5.1 card, using this for my PC speakers, actually gave me a nice FPS boost in games compared to my integrated.

All those soundcards works perfect, but as you can see, ATI HDMI isn't listed.

aplay -l
I striped this code a bit, obviously the cards which worked above is also listed here.

card 3: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 3: ATI HDMI [ATI HDMI]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0


Here is ATI HDMI, but it is not working, not with speaker-test nor mplayer (obvious, I guess..). I read the sticky regarding soundcards and I'm looking for a modprobe for HDMI, which I can't find.

I have Gnome ALSA Mixer as well, which lists REALTEK ALC888, USB Mixer, Sigmatel and lastly ATI R6xx HDMI - the ATI one does not have sliders.

[jweaver28]

Me too. And my postings on other threads haven't been answered. But hope springs eternal!

[rick_ca]

Did either of you ever solve this problem?

I'm having the same problem using Ubuntu 10.10 and an ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 Series (RS600).