On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 4:54 PM, Gregory P. Ennis <po...@pomec.net> wrote: >> Does anyone know if there are special drivers that are needed for this. > > I don't know if this is one of the ATI cards that falls in the > unsupported category or not, but there are definitely ATI HDMI > cards out there with no HDMI audio support in current released kernels. > > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTAyNDY > > possibly includes your card (not sure though). > > You may have to install the ATI proprietary drivers (if they'll > work with F16, which is also iffy :-). > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Tom, > > Thanks for the response. I was afraid of that. I don't think my skill > set allows me to safely try out their drivers. I already tried to > install akmod-catalyst and ruined my gui. Thanks for your suggestion, > Looks like I may need to wait on a 3.3 kernel unless someone else has > unlocked this problem.
Actually, the kernel has HDMI audio support for your particular card, it's just disabled by default. Add "radeon.audio=1" to your kernel command line to enable it. Hat-tip to the always awesome Arch wiki for this information. -T.C. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
