[GRLUG] nVidia HDMI audio

[John-Thomas Richards]

On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 04:39:50PM -0400, John-Thomas Richards wrote:
> I cannot get HDMI audio to play on my tv from Debian (LMDE).  I have a
> System76 laptop with an nVidia GTX 460M video card.  I kept the
> preinstalled Ubuntu in a partition for testing purposes and have kept it
> upgraded.

I'm running the nVidia binary drivers.

> It took some tinkering but I am able to get HDMI audio from the Ubuntu
> install.  In order to do so I had to change "Settings for the Selected
> Device" to "Digital Stereo (HDMI) nr 2 output".
> 
> Under Debian I get no such option.  The PA volume meter for HDMI shows
> sound coming out but I get nothing from the television set I am
> connected to.
> 
> I'm lost.  Anyone have a clue?
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