<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:57 PM, Joseph Fry <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:joe@thefrys.com" target="_blank">joe@thefrys.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">>> >> > May I piggy-back a related question here? On my FE/BE dual boot, I<br>
>> >> > have<br>
>> >> > to<br>
>> >> > unplug the cord from the headphone jack on the PC to get audio on<br>
>> >> > Windows,<br>
>> >> > (it can stay plugged into the TV) and plug it back in for Ubuntu. I<br>
>> >> > have<br>
>> >> > HDMI out of PC and HDMI into TV. Audio should work on the HDMI for<br>
>> >> > both<br>
>> >> > scenario's shouldn't it?<br>
>> >> ><br>
>> >> I am a bit confused.... are you saying that plugging in your<br>
>> >> headphones mutes the HDMI in windows, but not in Ubuntu?<br>
>> >><br>
>> > It's a 1/8" stereo patch cord from audio in on my TV going to the audio<br>
>> > out<br>
>> > (aka headphone jack) of my PC. But yeah, when I unplug it from the PC I<br>
>> > get<br>
>> > sound in windows (I assume through the HDMI) then I have to plug it back<br>
>> > in<br>
>> > to get sound in Ubuntu. I would rather stay with Ubuntu but if I have to<br>
>> > switch (LG's blu-ray not supported in linux) it would be nice to have<br>
>> > HDMI<br>
>> > audio in both cases.<br>
>><br>
>> Most likely you just need to change your default audio device in<br>
>> Ubuntu to your video card's HDMI port. I don't have an Ubuntu box in<br>
>> front of me (just mythbuntu), but if you look in the audio<br>
>> configuration panels, you should find something. Assuming your system<br>
>> has drivers for the video card's sound capabilities.<br>
><br>
</div></div><div class="im">> I have two options in sound output, analog and digital, neither function<br>
> with the patch cord unplugged and only the analog works with the cord in.<br>
> There was a disk with the video card for windows. Any idea how I could find<br>
> software for Ubuntu?<br>
<br>
</div>Typically, you will want to stick with the drivers available in the<br>
Ubuntu repositories. If your card has any vendor created drivers<br>
available, you should find them in the "Additional Drivers" app.<br>
Typically Ubuntu will inform you with a popup that vendor provided<br>
drivers are available for your card.<br>
<br>
While in most cases, the open source drivers are adequate... however<br>
advanced features of the card are often only possible with the binary<br>
drivers from the vendor. For licensing reasons, most distros don't<br>
install these by default.<br>
<br>
What video card do you have?<br>
<br>
It is also possible that the outputs your seeing are only showing one<br>
of the cards.... you may have to do something to switch cards to see<br>
the other device's outputs.<br>
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<div><br></div><div>Daryl</div></div><br></div></div>