> > in VESA mode tough and the audio card seems not to be recognized. > The Intel HDA chipset on the MacBookPro is actually detected and > initialised, but I believe the problem is due to the way the mixer/ > DAC is > initialised. From what I've seen on the Linux forums, the various > mixers > (depends on motherboard manufacturer) are initialised and driven with > programmable signals from the driver. I've had a quick look at ALSA > (to see > which signals/pinouts to use for the MBP), but for the last 6 months > I've > been working ridiculous hours, so I just haven't had the time to > investigate > the issue properly. > > Don't despair, there is audio at the end of THAT tunnel. You might have more luck with OSS... The HDA mixers seem to all be wired in a custom way, which kind of voids the purpose of the whole standard... François.