No HDMI audio, with Mint 17.2 64-bit MATE, and Z3735F Compute Stick?

VirtualLarry

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Trying to figure this out.

Hardware is a MeegoPad T02 Ubuntu Edition.

Mint 17.2 64-bit MATE installed, after copying bootia32.efi to /EFI/BOOT , then running a shell script to install 32-bit GRUB2 after installation.

Things I've tried:
Upgrading the Kernel, from 3.16.0-38, to 3.16.7-031607-generic

Deleting / resetting my PulseAudio configuration, and logging out and back in.

Edit: output of "sudo lspci"
Code:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation ValleyView SSA-CUnit (rev 0f)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation ValleyView Gen7 (rev 0f)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation ValleyView USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 0f)
00:1a.0 Encryption controller: Intel Corporation ValleyView SEC (rev 0f)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ValleyView Power Control Unit (rev 0f)

Edit: I got my info on how to install Mint 64-bit onto the Compute Stick here:
https://plus.google.com/+IanMORRISON/posts/UNWdwRMqy3j

I ran the two scripts that he provides, one for z3735f, and one for dsdt (whatever that is), rebooting in-between.

I now have an audio device labeled "IntelHDMI" in the PulseAudio control panel in MATE, but it only shows "Analog Stereo" and "Off". And when I start up a streaming radio station in Firefox, I can hear really short bursts of audio, if I also scroll or view pages. Like, some audio is slipping through the HDMI port, when I do some sort of graphics operation.

When I click on "Test Speakers", I can get a brief crackle, and that's it.

Now when I do an "aplay -l", I get this:
Code:
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: IntelHDMI [IntelHDMI], device 0: IntelHDMI [IntelHDMI]
  Subdevices: 0/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

Edit: Added this PPA:
https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-audio-dev/+archive/ubuntu/pulse-testing
and did "sudo apt-get install pulseaudio", then rebooted.
Then I didn't have a speaker icon to control my audio anymore. When the update icon came up, it said I had a level3 update for "Pulse Audio", so I installed it, rebooted, and got my icon back. Still no continuous sound.

Edit: Now I'm having issues with Linux Mint rebooting while on Skype. The weird thing is, it's an orderly shutdown and restart, not a forced power-off. So I don't know if it's overtemp, or something with the power button or associated circuitry.

When I booted Linux Mint, not on Skype, and then selected Shut Down, it shuts down, then it powers on again. So I forced a shutdown by holding down the power button for 4 seconds, and it shut off... then it powered back on again! So it seems like hardware problems with this unit, maybe?
 
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jhu

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Have you tried perusing the alsa mailing lists? There have been issues with the audio firmware and the Atom Z3735F.
 

sparks56

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Menu -> control center -> hardware -> sound
click on hdmi for hardware -> next click on output button
select button for hdmi for your system
go back to hardware and select profile then test button
This should setup your system correctly