[alsa-devel] Nvidia hdmi problems

[Takashi Iwai]

At Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:28:25 +0200,
Nir Tzachar wrote:
> 
> Hello.
> 
> Updated to the latest linus-git tree, and pulled in the sound-2.6 tree.
> 
> The good news are that by following Wei's instructions (adding the
> device id in patch_nvhdmi.c), I managed to get audio through the hdmi.
> Goodie.

Could you give details?

> The bad news are that mplayer misbehaves and will get stuck every time
> I try to change the volume. However, this does not happen in vlc.  Any
> ideas?

Well, we need to sort out where the problem comes from.
Try the vanilla Linus tree without sound-2.6 whether the problem
persists.


thanks,

Takashi

> On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 10:10 AM, Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de> wrote:
> > At Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:52:46 +0200,
> > Nir Tzachar wrote:
> >>
> >> On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 9:50 AM, Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de> wrote:
> >> > At Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:39:49 +0200,
> >> > Nir Tzachar wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de> wrote:
> >> >> > At Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:30:21 +0200,
> >> >> > Nir Tzachar wrote:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Hello.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 9:18 AM, Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de> wrote:
> >> >> >> > At Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:35:01 +0200,
> >> >> >> > Nir Tzachar wrote:
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> Hello,
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> I have been trying to get audio through hdmi to work for some time
> >> >> >> >> now. I have cloned the sound-2.6 repository to get the latest drivers,
> >> >> >> >> which should support hdmi, AFAIK.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > Try more later version, from my sound git tree, or even Linus tree.
> >> >> >> >    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6.git
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> I tried yesterday's version. Apart from not having hdmi output, it had
> >> >> >> problems with volume control.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Please elaborate?
> >> >>
> >> >> I performed a git-clone on the repository. The head was
> >> >> b47d892509f2d908974781443d29b11dcd29d809.
> >> >
> >> > Better to pull onto the latest Linus tree.
> >> > That is, clone linux-2.6.git, then pull from sound-2.6.git.
> >>
> >> ok, will do this.
> >>
> >> >> When I played a movie in mplayer and touch the volume controls,
> >> >> mplayer got stuck. I can perform other tests. I'll also try to update
> >> >> the tree.
> >> >
> >> > Which device are you using?  HDMI or other?
> >> > Also, please check whether this happens with Linus tree and 2.6.27.x,
> >> > too.
> >>
> >> Using the analog device, and it works under 2.6.27.1 flawlessly.
> >
> > OK, then it must be a regression.
> > If it works with Linus tree, the problem is the post 2.6.28 stuff.
> > If it doesn't work with Linus tree, too, it's likely changes to
> > patch_realtek.c...
> >
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > Takashi
> >
>