On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 9:37 PM, Hung Dang <hungp...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 03/29/2012 09:18 PM, walt wrote: >> >> Fresh gentoo install on new lenovo desktop. Both linux and win7 >> (lenovo installed) tell me that this machine has two audio devices: >> >> 00:01.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI BeaverCreek >> HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6500D and 6400G-6600G series] >> Subsystem: Lenovo Device 3625 >> Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel >> Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel >> >> 00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson Azalia >> Controller (rev 01) >> Subsystem: Lenovo Device 3625 >> Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel >> Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel >> >> crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 14, 0 Mar 29 18:07 /dev/mixer >> crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 14, 16 Mar 29 18:07 /dev/mixer1 >> >> crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 3 Mar 29 18:07 controlC0 >> crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 7 Mar 29 18:07 controlC1 >> crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 2 Mar 29 18:07 pcmC0D3p >> crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 6 Mar 29 18:07 pcmC1D0c >> crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 5 Mar 29 18:07 pcmC1D0p >> crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 4 Mar 29 18:07 pcmC1D2c >> crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 33 Mar 29 18:07 timer >> >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Mar 29 18:07 pci-0000:00:01.1 -> ../controlC0 >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Mar 29 18:07 pci-0000:00:14.2 -> ../controlC1 >> >> >> I spent an entire frustrating day discovering that the reason I >> have no sound is that every app wants to use /dev/mixer when only >> /dev/mixer1 actually works :( >> >> Only some apps (like audacious) will let me choose which mixer to >> use, and those apps work perfectly. >> >> Anyone else seen this before, I hope? Got a fix? >> >> Thanks :) > > I guess the second audio device is either HDMI or HD audio generic. You > could verify this by opening alsamixer then select F6 to see a list of audio > devices. If you use pulseaudio then you can select the default output > device. Or use /etc/asound.conf to select your preferred default device.
Well, technically, the first one is HDMI, and the second one is the more mundane one. -- :wq
