On 29 November 2011 23:17, Mark Knecht <markkne...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > 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. > > When running as a normal laptop the machine uses the nvidia-drivers > 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. > > Anyway, just looking for someone to point me in the right direction. > > 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.
