[16:21] <mvinsc> hey, i have a vid card / audio prob. can anyone help?
[16:21] <holstein> !audio
[16:21] <holstein> mvinsc: whats up?
[16:21] <holstein> i usually install and try pavucontrol
[16:22] <mvinsc> ok... i can't get the proprietary ati drivers to work
[16:23] <mvinsc> the open source driver won't play audio through HDMI
[16:23] <mvinsc> when i install fglrx unity crashes
[16:24] <holstein> i wouldnt expect audio to work through hdmi
[16:24] <mvinsc> i got it the work with xubuntu with the ATI driver
[16:25] <mvinsc> i just don't understand why fglrx worked in one but not the other
[16:26] <holstein> mvinsc: yeah?
[16:26] <holstein> mvinsc: 3d support..
[16:26] <mvinsc> yeah... Radeon 5450
[16:27] <mvinsc> HDMI doesn't show up in sound settings
[16:28] <holstein> i would check for and apply upgrades
[16:28] <holstein> sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
[16:28] <holstein> i would use pavucontrol
[16:29] <holstein> from the terminal, running "aplay -l" will list all the system devices
[16:29] <holstein> if you dont see it in aplay -l, it wont be working
[16:30] <mvinsc> card 1: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
[16:31] <holstein> so, its possible to send audio to that device, in theory
[16:31] <holstein> what would i do? check for and apply upgrade
[16:31] <holstein> i would run pavucontol and alsamixer and trust none of the labels.. i would tweak *everything*
[16:31] <holstein> i would try live CD's and see if a newer/older alsa/kernel version supports the device out of the box
[16:32] <holstein> i would not let using unity effect my decision (personally).. i would just use XFCE
[16:36] <mvinsc> ok.. thanks i'll keep messing around with it...
[16:36] <mvinsc> the only reason i want to use unity is i love my wobbly windows