Hi Ilia, VERY GOOD NEWS. PROBLEM SOLVED!!! TERRIFIC HDMI SOUND. And that despite my being continuously in your way! You deserve at least two tickets to Sochi (if still available). Quote: The Olympic Games give a powerful boost to the development of television technology. The Games in Sochi will be shown entirely in HD format and, in addition, advanced Ultra High Definition technology will be used in Sochi. Now if you could somehow procure an NVIDIA card and HDMI cable... (sound included). Later, even a monitor and/or television _with_ HDMI input. True, they are relatively new, not even six years old... For the record: [/linux-3.10.1]$ patch -p1 < /home/alex/hdmi-1.patch ; echo $? patching file drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/hdanva3.c 0 [/linux-3.10.1]$ patch -p1 < /home/alex/hdminva3.patch ; echo $? patching file drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/hdminva3.c 0 [/linux-3.10.1]$ patch -p1 < /home/alex/debug-3.patch ; echo $? patching file drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/hdminva3.c patching file drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/sornv50.c patching file drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nv50_display.c 0 [/linux-3.10.1]$ patch -p1 < /home/alex/mthd-1.patch ; echo $? patching file drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/include/core/class.h 0 cat /proc/asound/card1/eld#3.0 monitor_present 1 eld_valid 1 monitor_name ASUS VE258 connection_type HDMI eld_version [0x2] CEA-861D or below edid_version [0x3] CEA-861-B, C or D manufacture_id 0x6904 product_id 0x25f1 port_id 0x0 support_hdcp 0 support_ai 0 audio_sync_delay 0 speakers [0x1] FL/FR sad_count 1 sad0_coding_type [0x1] LPCM sad0_channels 2 sad0_rates [0x4e0] 32000 44100 48000 96000 sad0_bits [0xe0000] 16 20 24 Thank you very much, -- Alex PS As agreed, no dmesg.