although I am on a HP dv9000 series laptop, this is the only bug I've been able to find which matches my quest for HDMI Audio
Specs: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic (intrepid 8.10 Beta) GPU : NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 these are my aplay -L results [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ aplay -L front:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0 HDA NVidia, CONEXANT Analog Front speakers surround40:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0 HDA NVidia, CONEXANT Analog 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers surround41:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0 HDA NVidia, CONEXANT Analog 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround50:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0 HDA NVidia, CONEXANT Analog 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers surround51:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0 HDA NVidia, CONEXANT Analog 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround71:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0 HDA NVidia, CONEXANT Analog 7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0 HDA NVidia HDMI Audio Output null Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture) and aplay -l [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ aplay -l **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 1: Conexant Digital [Conexant Digital] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 I'll try tinkering too and let you all know what I find out... P.D. ... I agree with you tonym that this sounds promising.... I've been waiting so long for this -- No HDMI audio with ALC883 chipset https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/148097 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs