12.04.1 no audio through HDMI

Hello all, first, sorry if this is not posted under the right forum.

CPU: AMD A10-5800K 3.8G 4M FM2 R
Mobo: MSI FM2-A75MA-E35
OS: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS

Fresh copy, updated vid drivers to "ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics driver". This enabled better resolution, higher-end graphics, etc.

HDMI out works, but only for video, not sound. There is no option to enable it in the sound settings. Other posts with similar issues report an "HDMI" device, I do not have it listed.

aplay -l output:

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**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 0: ALC887-VD Analog [ALC887-VD Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

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Installed Win7 on the machine, after installing MSI drivers, HDMI audio out works (so no physical issues).

It would rock if anybody had some idea of where my HDMI audio out has gone :)

Thanks for the help, let me know what info you need from me!

PS: In ubuntu, normal audio (headphone jack) works fine, only HDMI sound doesn't.

UPDATE:

Tried to update audio driver, found in the ubuntu wiki that one can update their 'alsa' drivers.

Did this:

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-audio-dev/ppa
sudo apt-get update

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Tried this line:

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sudo apt-get install linux-alsa-driver-modules-$(uname -r)

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My uname -r output = 3.2.0-34-generic

But got an "unable to locate package".
Tried with altering above string, with or without $ it failed, number alone, etc, nothing works.

Found some forum posts about 'alsa' not being available anymore and that you need to build your own, but was not sure...


UPDATE 2:
lspci -v | grep -A7 -i "audio"

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00:01.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Device 9902
        Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 7721
        Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 18
        Memory at feb44000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>
        Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

00:04.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Root Port (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
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00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson Azalia Controller (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device d721
        Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16
        Memory at feb40000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>
        Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
        Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

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*bump*

I had the same problem when first using HDMI.
Got video but no audio. I solved it by installing Pulse Audio Volume Control which gave me the HDMI audio options needed.

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Originally Posted by cybrsaylr

I had the same problem when first using HDMI.
Got video but no audio. I solved it by installing Pulse Audio Volume Control which gave me the HDMI audio options needed.

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You sir are a FREAKING HERO!

:guitar:

Thank you so SO very much! This did the trick, exactly as you said, after the install and a restart, the HDMI output came up as an option and simply selecting it as the output then did the trick!