[16:21] hey, i have a vid card / audio prob. can anyone help? [16:21] !audio [16:21] If you're having problems with sound, click the Volume applet, then Sound Preferences, and check your Volume, Hardware, Input, and Output settings. If that fails, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Sound - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshooting - http://alsa.opensrc.org/DmixPlugin - For playing audio files, see !players and !mp3. [16:21] mvinsc: whats up? [16:21] i usually install and try pavucontrol [16:22] ok... i can't get the proprietary ati drivers to work [16:23] the open source driver won't play audio through HDMI [16:23] when i install fglrx unity crashes [16:24] i wouldnt expect audio to work through hdmi [16:24] i got it the work with xubuntu with the ATI driver [16:25] i just don't understand why fglrx worked in one but not the other [16:26] mvinsc: yeah? [16:26] mvinsc: 3d support.. [16:26] yeah... Radeon 5450 [16:27] HDMI doesn't show up in sound settings [16:28] i would check for and apply upgrades [16:28] sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade [16:28] i would use pavucontrol [16:29] from the terminal, running "aplay -l" will list all the system devices [16:29] if you dont see it in aplay -l, it wont be working [16:30] card 1: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0] [16:31] so, its possible to send audio to that device, in theory [16:31] what would i do? check for and apply upgrade [16:31] i would run pavucontol and alsamixer and trust none of the labels.. i would tweak *everything* [16:31] i would try live CD's and see if a newer/older alsa/kernel version supports the device out of the box [16:32] i would not let using unity effect my decision (personally).. i would just use XFCE [16:36] ok.. thanks i'll keep messing around with it... [16:36] the only reason i want to use unity is i love my wobbly windows