From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RWXGT-0007Nv-M0 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:51:13 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 71BED21C045; Fri, 2 Dec 2011 17:50:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-iy0-f181.google.com (mail-iy0-f181.google.com [209.85.210.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCB1721C04E for ; Fri, 2 Dec 2011 17:49:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iakk12 with SMTP id k12so4925300iak.40 for ; Fri, 02 Dec 2011 09:49:02 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=3ASXblozwIed1DBXVmHR7Lu18Embt6gYbVhC8n62mIs=; b=YUhtP999mZyLjI+iIRAffWp7PW9Cjf6WKsgiwqmlbggXSJ3VFXoQcq9nlyCxYrwmZq yjdI6svfZGP+N0R86t0QRP9tFGUcT0mQo8FowkXyK+rq/X0BGHqJS0GFhU7xbZnXk8uY xsX2JuLM1RD47V4c4O62JsuTIdngDpjB7ssdI= Received: by 10.43.46.1 with SMTP id um1mr4628278icb.18.1322848142234; Fri, 02 Dec 2011 09:49:02 -0800 (PST) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.42.227.198 with HTTP; Fri, 2 Dec 2011 09:48:41 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: James Broadhead Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 17:48:41 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Laptop - Switch video/audio output to HDMI? To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 48930811-5300-4fa6-8e0f-d54ed86f47ac X-Archives-Hash: d9044bbaa6be7dd0a963358df86323ef On 29 November 2011 23:17, Mark Knecht wrote: > Hi, > =C2=A0 I'm finally joining the 21st century having purchased my first new > TV in more than 13 years. My laptop runs KDE with Nvidia drivers. I'm > wondering what the process is to switch the audio & video output of my > laptop the its HDMI port? I'd like to try using xine to play DVDs. I > assume in Linux I'm going to have to mess with both Alsa and X which > in the end sounds like a disaster waiting to happen but I figure I > might as well see if it's actually easier than I think. > > =C2=A0 When running as a normal laptop the machine uses the nvidia-driver= s > package and the kernel's Intel HD Audio driver. If I want to deliver > audio over HDMI do I need to switch to the Nvidia audio device? Makes > sense but creates more problems testing if it doesn't work really > easily. > > =C2=A0 Anyway, just looking for someone to point me in the right directio= n. > > Thanks, > Mark The gentoo-wiki page on the Acer Revo 3600 might help you here - different hardware, but it has a quick and dirty config.