Just has a followup and to add one more question on everything, Dirk, i have
a suggestion at the end of this e-mail.

I have sound over my HDMI cable with the ALC888 chipset and the Chrontel
HDMI Codec detected.

My question is the following. Now that i know the sound is working over the
HDMI cable, I does one  take all the mixer output and redirect it to the
right "channel", in my case, plughw:0,3.  The must some kind of way to
redirect all the sound through that mixer, or line, or whatever you call it.
Anyone could help me here ?

Here was the info that helped me get the sound over HDMI.

[EMAIL PROTECTED] usr]# cat /etc/modprobe.conf
> alias eth0 r8169
> install scsi_hostadapter /sbin/modprobe ata_piix; /sbin/modprobe ahci;
> /bin/true
> install usb-interface /sbin/modprobe uhci_hcd; /sbin/modprobe ehci_hcd;
> /bin/true
> alias eth1 r8169
> alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394
>
> # Sound Card
> alias snd-0 snd-hda-intel
> # ALSA portion
> alias char-major-116 snd
> # OSS/Free portion
> alias char-major-14 soundcore
> alias sound-slot-0 snd-0
> # card #1
> alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
> alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
> alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
> alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
> alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] usr]# cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#* | grep Codec
> Codec: Chrontel Chrontel HDMI
> Codec: Realtek ALC888
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] asound]# cat pcm
> 00-02: ALC883 Analog : ALC883 Analog : capture 1
> 00-01: ALC883 Digital : ALC883 Digital : playback 1 : capture 1
> 00-00: ALC883 Analog : ALC883 Analog : playback 1 : capture 1
> 00-03: ATI HDMI : ATI HDMI : playback 1



Finnaly, I read the following bug report on alsa and the late post directed
me to the right commands to test the sound output :
https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=3654

It made me discover "speaker-test". By using "speaker-test -D plughw:0,3" I
got static noise in my speaker. From there, I tried the mplayer command : "
mplayer -ao alsa:device=plughw=0.3 somefile.avi" and got the sound.


Dirk,

On mandriva 2008, the sound was working just fine with the included release
of Alsa, however, I might suggest you try the following modified version of
the drivers by realtek :
http://www.realtek.com.tw/Downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=14&PFid=24&Level=4&Conn=3&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false

By the way, they seem to have a new version dated from May 15, 2008 !

To make them work, I didnt used the auto-install they give but untarred the
"alsa-driver-hg2008****" archive and compiled those driver and followed the
steps in the README for the modprobe tweak. I would suggest trying that.

Hope it helps, i'll try to check the mailing list more often.

Philippe-A. Lemelin.

On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 2:14 PM, Dirk Tamme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> > Datum: Wed, 14 May 2008 10:00:29 -0400
> > Von: "phil lemelin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > An: alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net
> > Betreff: [Alsa-user] Realtek ALC888 - HDMI sound
>
> > Good morning Alsa users,
> >
> > I've been trying to make my HDMI sound work on my box that has a ALC888
> > chipset. My linux flavor is :
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] usr]# cat /etc/release
> > Mandriva Linux release 2008.0 (Official) for i586
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] usr]# uname -r
> > 2.6.22.9-desktop586-1mdv
> >
> > Has a first step, i tried with the Alsa 1.0.16 release. I compile and
> > installed it without any error. The following outputs represent what I
> > gathered after installing the 1.0.16 release.
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] alsa-driver-1.0.16]# cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#* |
> grep
> > Cod
> > Codec: Generic 17e8 ID 47
> > Codec: Realtek ALC888
> >
> Phil,
> you have more luck concerning the ALC888 as I (with Ubuntu 7.10):
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/proc/asound$ cat cards
> --- no soundcards ---
>
> Using dmesg, I see something which could be the reason:
> dmesg:
> [   23.066491] Linux Plug and Play Support v0.97 (c) Adam Belay
> [   23.066497] pnp: PnP ACPI init
> [   23.066502] ACPI: bus type pnp registered
> [   23.068233] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 15 devices
> [   23.068235] ACPI: ACPI bus type pnp unregistered
> [   23.068238] PnPBIOS: Disabled by ACPI PNP
> [   23.068267] PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
> [   23.068268] PCI: If a device doesn't work, try "pci=routeirq".  If it
> helps, post a report
> ...
> 6.431719] cx88[0]/0: registered device video0 [v4l2]
> [   36.431731] cx88[0]/0: registered device vbi0
> [   36.431741] cx88[0]/0: registered device radio0
> [   36.561299] snd_hda_intel: disagrees about version of symbol snd_ctl_add
> [   36.561301] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_ctl_add
> [   36.561326] snd_hda_intel: disagrees about version of symbol snd_pcm_new
> [   36.561328] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_new
> [   36.561352] snd_hda_intel: disagrees about version of symbol
> snd_pcm_limit_hw
> _rates
> [   36.561354] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_pcm_limit_hw_rates
> [   36.561375] snd_hda_intel: disagrees about version of symbol
> snd_card_registe
> r
> [   36.561376] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_card_register
> [   36.561395] snd_hda_intel: disagrees about version of symbol
> snd_card_free
> [   36.561396] snd_hda_intel: Unknown symbol snd_card_free
> [   36.561414] snd_hda_intel: disagrees about version of symbol
> snd_pcm_lib_prea
>
> Could it be, that I have to change a BIOS setting on my Gigabyte
> GA-P35-DS3L mainboard? (And if yes, which?) Or, what else could be the
> reason, that the sound chip is not "accepted"?
>
> Thanks for any help,
> Dirk T.
>
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