[alsa-devel] Intel G45 no sound without monitor

[Shane W]

On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 09:20:38AM +0800, Wu Fengguang wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 11:07:02PM +0200, Shane W wrote:
> > Hello,
> > wasn't known.  On my G45, I don't get any sound if my
> > television isn't turned on or is disconnected.  That is,
> > HDMI from the G45 to the Yamaha amp is a no go without a
> > connected monitor.  Turning on the monitor after system
> 
> It's related to our intel gfx driver.

Ok so in this case, X needs to run for sound to work?  In
my test environment, X hadn't been started so the intel-gfx
drivers including i915 kernel module weren't loaded, just
ALSA.

Shane