Via manual selection in VLC, which offers about 20+ devices to choose from, sound via HDMI works. However, system sounds and Youtube in FF only work via the analog pin jack. TDE control center makes no HDMI device offering. Anyone here know the secret to making HDMI default sound source everywhere? Each of the following in /etc/modprobe.d/local.conf had no effect: options snd_hda_intel index=0,1 options snd_hda_intel index=1,0 options snd index=0 options snd index=1 options snd_hda_intel index=0 options snd_hda_intel index=1 In a similar vein, instructions on http://superuser.com/questions/626606/how-to-make-alsa-pick-a-preferred-sound-device-automatically either kept analog sound working, but killed HDMI/VLC sound, or had no apparent effect. Instructions on http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/HDA_Analyzer various fail as user. As root, sound doesn't work at all. Doing python run.py produces nothing that looks helpful, mainly confirming that cmdline tools already have shown. alsa-info.sh output: http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Linux/Sound/alsa-info.txt-d9stretch-a88x-easyst Various sound related packages installed: http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Linux/Sound/sndpkgs-d9stretch-easyst.txt -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/