Graphics-ATI issues?Post here please.

[Cell]

Is this a laptop?if so what kind?

[dr0z]

Yes
gateway t1631 amd turion64 x2 mobile technology

read my profile signature for a complete listing of hardware and devices

thanks

i haven't had time to get to your listing i installed xandr and rxander bout to reboot and see whats what

warning to the wise do not try envyng unless your completely sure of th entire device driver name to apt-get remove

[Cell]

Envey,and jockey only loads proprietary drivers.The only drivers that you can use in karmic are open source drivers...which you already know most likely.I did a little reading,and to tell you the truth it looks bleak for your gpu.The 1200's always had a problem in linux(depending on what you were using it for).But I'm looking some more.There isn't any doc.'s on karmic,and graphic drivers yet.The only thing I can suggest at this time is upgrading to the newest kernel,and X.Org X server driver....which in fact make things worst,but there only one way to find out.I am using a different kernel,and driver right now,and it hasn't degraded anything.

I'm couriuse...if you want to experiment.if you replace your current source list with this if there is an difference.remember to copy your working source list and save it.

can bork your system,but I doubt it!!!!!

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#############################################################
################### OFFICIAL UBUNTU REPOS ###################
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###### Ubuntu Main Repos
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic main restricted multiverse

###### Ubuntu Update Repos
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-proposed main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-security main restricted multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates main restricted multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-proposed main restricted multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-backports main restricted multiverse

###### Ubuntu Partner Repo
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu karmic partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu karmic partner

##############################################################
##################### UNOFFICIAL  REPOS ######################
##############################################################

###### 3rd Party Binary Repos

#### MediaInfo - http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net
## Run this command: sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys F9D8BC54
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/shiki/mediainfo/ubuntu karmic main

run these commands in a terminal for the keys.

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sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys F9D8BC54
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys AF1CDFA9


remember to open the backports,and enable all the updates.

then update using the terminal,or synaptics.

worth a try,but I have my doubts.If nothing happens then you can revers your source list,but those app that have been updated will stay.

[Cell]

Then again we might be barking up the wrong tree.It might just be that telling pulse/alsa to use the hdmi port for sound might be the ticket?

[dr0z]

k i'm going to mirror the whole hd0.3 to a usb then copy the grub config from hd0.0 and load your source file on to mine do quick .deb kernel upgrade to 2.6.32-rc-"most recent" i don't like it but i'll try it, like i said this is a minor inconvenience of just few things that i can live with out i like the stable fill of the U.E 2.4 and certainly hope theemans vague hint at stopping at 2.5 was just minor weakness in the fight of over work and poor health ..

last time i did the kernel upgrade i lost wicd support for my wireless and that is just not an acceptable option for me

but it is worth it to to test it so others can learn and maybe other distros will be better for it so while i am mirroring I'm going get food drink and nicotine.


thanks dr0z

it is probably in the alsa driver interface some were xorg and alsa arnt tieing the hdmi sound out knot. if you'll look back at my screen shots you'll see that the only GUI options to configure sound was seeing and pointing in the right direction . we know its not hard ware cause it works in 8.10 and win 7 .. of coarse windows maintains backwards compatibility for ten years .. Linux we eventually will either be forced to buy new rigs or depend on third party's for anything out side of a 2 year window

[Cell]

whats the output of...

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aplay -l

something else...



Go to /etc/modprobe.d/ and comment the line shown below in alsa-base.conf by using the # symbol as shown below

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# Power down HDA controllers after 10 idle seconds
#options snd-hda-intel power_save=10 power_save_controlle

reboot.

reverse if it doesn't work.

[dr0z]

alrighty then well the updates are going to take while unless i dedicate all the band width to this computer .. i think ill take a break i might check in after an hour or so if your around let you know were we sit

i decided against the mirror of the hard drive mostly cause my first integrity check failed and i don't wont to mess with it any more

ill do the updates see if they work

if not try the kernel upgrade on top of them

if that don't work ill scrub the whole mission and reinstall .. thats half the fun of it any way .. fix it till its broke then fix it again .. LOL

[Cell]

Thats the spirit....personally I prefer it to just work.

[dr0z]

sry i just caught that last post


dr0z@X2-X64-THUNDER:~$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 3: ATI HDMI [ATI HDMI]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
dr0z@X2-X64-THUNDER:~$

[Cell]

I spend a lot of time getting HDMI audio working with my Asus M3N78-EM and Ubuntu 9.04. I posted this on the ubuntuforums.org earlier this week.

Here's what works for me...

1. Use Alsa 1.0.19. There are other threads on how to upgrade ALSA, but here's something real quick. If my instructions don't work, I suggest finding a method that uses built debian packages and module-assistant. Anything that mentions /usr/local will probably cause you problems later on. I uploaded the alsa source packages to my ppa, https://launchpad.net/~kachristmas/+archive/ppa, who knows if it will build. If it does, install all the alsa packages, including alsa-source. Then run

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m-a -f --text-mode auto-install alsa-source

2. Reboot.
3. Use
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aplay -L

to find the name of the HDMI output. My output looked like
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hdmi:CARD=NVidia
HDA NVidia, NVIDIA HDMI
HDMI Audio Output
null
Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)

4. Again, use output from
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aplay -L

to create /etc/asound.conf. My two line /etc/asound.conf looks like this:
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pcm.!default hdmi:NVidia
pcm.iec958 hdmi:NVidia

5. Reboot.

The newer version, 0.9.15, of pulseaudio handles passthrough audio a lot better than the version found in ubuntu 9.04. You can find that in my ppa as well. However, it's probably a good idea to completely disable pulseaudio until you get something working first.

from the xbmc forum.Written a few months ago,but he was using Jaunty.I am starting to think it is alsa.I haven't check to see what version karmic is using.


http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/DigitalOut