On Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:30:51 -0700
Adam Williamson wrote:

> > [root@(protected)
> > Card:ATI Radeon X1300 and later: ATI Technologies Inc|Radeon HD 3870
> > [DISPLAY_VGA] (vendor:1002 device:9501 subv:1002 subd:2542)
> >
> > [root@(protected)
> > unknown      : ATI Technologies Inc|Radeon HD 3870 Audio device
> > (vendor:1002 device:aa18)
> >
> > When harddrake configures the "sound card" it sets it to use
> > snd-hda-intel.
> > This is incorrect.
> > According to the Realtek docs the ati chip should instead use
> > snd-atiixp
>
> The 'unknown' shows there's nothing MDV specific there; only kernel
> modaliases (which come from upstream). Anyway, according to recent
> discussion on radeonhd mailing list, it sounds like hda-intel is
> correct for this stuff...


I was going by this inclusion with the latest realtek linux driver


 -- Azalia controller --ALC880 ALC882 ALC260 ALC262 ALC883
ALC885 ALC888
      --- Intel ICH6 ICH7 ---------          
         snd-hda-intel
      --- ATI chipset -----
      snd-atiixp

The other thing that was causing /adding to the the odd sound behaviour
I was having is the this was a clean (except for /home) install with a
new MSI MOBO.
The onboard snd for the mobo is the ALC888 which also uses
snd-hda-intel

At any rate I am not currently set-up to use hdmi audio so have
disabled it and am using an Xmystique (cmedia) pci card instead of
the ALC888


  Charles

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