[alsa-devel] Intel G45 no sound without monitor

[Wu Fengguang]

On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 04:20:57AM +0200, Shane W wrote:
> 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.

Yes Xorg is required for G45+Yamaha.  However our G35 board can drive
Yamaha directly in console. The i915 kernel module is irrelevant.

Thanks,
Fengguang