[mythtv-users] Analog audio cuts out in X on new system

Brad DerManouelian myth at dermanouelian.com
Wed Jan 7 19:18:41 UTC 2009


On Jan 7, 2009, at 11:12 AM, David Engel wrote:

> I'm trying to finish up the build of a new frontend and have run into
> a problem that has me stumped.  This is with a Gigabyte GA-E7AUM-DS2H
> motherboard and a stock v2.6.27.10 Linux kernel.
>
> I will eventually use digital audio over the HDMI or S/PDIF ports, but
> need to use 2-channel, analog audio for the near term.  The problem is
> the analog audio only works when I'm switched to a text console.  For
> example, if I start playing a recorded program in mythfrontend, I
> can't hear any audio.  If I then switch to a text console, I can hear
> the audio.  If I switch back to X, the audio goes away again.
> Likewise, if I start playing an mp3 using mplayer on a text console, I
> get audio until I switch to X.
>
> Does anyone know what might be going on?  I've run out of things to
> try and haven't been able to find any similar problem searching with
> Google.

I had this problem with either Gnome or KDE (I can't remember which)  
and not the other one. The problem was that the desktop manager was  
taking control over the sound leaving the port busy. If you turn off  
all desktop audio you might have better luck.


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