For Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" and earlier, HDMI audio on ATI/AMD Radeon cards is disabled by default by the upstream kernel developers as it causes blank screens on a lot of systems.
You can re-enable HDMI audio by adding "radeon.audio=1" to your GRUB boot options as described at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/Troubleshooting#Editing_the_GRUB_2_Menu_During_Boot Beginning with the upstream 3.13 kernel, the radeon.audio=1 kernel boot option will no longer be necessary. Instead, HDMI audio on ATI/AMD Radeon cards can be enabled and disabled on the fly by typing the following in a terminal window: xrandr --output HDMI-0 --set audio on or xrandr --output HDMI-0 --set audio off If your HDMI port is numbered differently (type "xrandr" to check) - you might need to change HDMI-0 in the above command to HDMI-1 or HDMI-2. Ubuntu 14.04 "Trusty Tahr" is based on the 3.13 kernel. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to alsa-driver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/778045 Title: [VPCEB4S1R, ATI R6xx HDMI, Digital Out, HDMI] No sound at all Status in “alsa-driver” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: No sound ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: alsa-base 1.0.24+dfsg-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-9.43-generic 2.6.38.4 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-9-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23. Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC269 Analog [ALC269 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/by-path', '/dev/snd/controlC1', '/dev/snd/hwC1D0', '/dev/snd/pcmC1D3p', '/dev/snd/controlC0', '/dev/snd/hwC0D0', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1: Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf5e00000 irq 43' Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC269' Components : 'HDA:10ec0269,104d4600,00100004' Controls : 13 Simple ctrls : 8 Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'Generic'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0xf0040000 irq 44' Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI' Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,104d4600,00100200' Controls : 4 Simple ctrls : 1 Card1.Amixer.values: Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Date: Thu May 5 22:34:48 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=ru_RU:en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: alsa-driver Symptom: audio Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:Generic failed Symptom_Card: Redwood HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5600 Series] - HD-Audio Generic Symptom_DevicesInUse: 1706 1706 Symptom_Jack: Digital Out, HDMI Symptom_Type: No sound at all Title: [VPCEB4S1R, ATI R6xx HDMI, Digital Out, HDMI] No sound at all UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 10/06/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: R1140Y8 dmi.board.asset.tag: N/A dmi.board.name: VAIO dmi.board.vendor: Sony Corporation dmi.board.version: N/A dmi.chassis.asset.tag: N/A dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Sony Corporation dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrR1140Y8:bd10/06/2010:svnSonyCorporation:pnVPCEB4S1R:pvrC607W759:rvnSonyCorporation:rnVAIO:rvrN/A:cvnSonyCorporation:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: VPCEB4S1R dmi.product.version: C607W759 dmi.sys.vendor: Sony Corporation To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/778045/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
