Well... Crappy cable! Took laptop to Micro Center and they plugged it there with a good cable to a 4K TV (in Window$) All good... Bought a cable and plugged to my 4K TV. All good... Linux still doesn't work. The battle begins over the weekend because I am looking at airplanes tonite and driving home tomorrow. :) More later... ET kitepilot@kitepilot.com writes: > Thanks! > I validated the cable and the TV via a DVD player. Which leaves the > problem to be a software problem or some of incompatibility between the > laptop's hardware and the cable/TV interaction combo. > > I'll go validate what it was that I bought as mini-display-to-VGA adapter. > ET > > > Todd Millecam writes: > >> Well, either your HDMI port is electrically broken on the board (TV or >> Laptop, could be one or the other, hard to tell from an email), or it's a >> software issue. >> >> In linux you can at least have a look at lspci to see if it sees the hdmi >> port there, that'll tell you if the Linux kernel sees it and whether or >> not >> it's a hardware issue. If it sees it, then it's something in the >> software >> stack that's not working, probably in Xorg. >> >> In terms of the mini display port adapter, most of those are the cheap >> passive adapter, which means they can only broadcast a signal out, they >> can't hear back from whatever device is on the other end. You could try >> finding an active adapter (they're about 5x as much in terms of cost). >> The >> active adapter has a better chance of supporting a full 4k resolution. >> >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 10:54 AM, wrote: >> >>> In my infinite wisdom, I bought yesterday a laptop (Asus ROG GL752VW) >>> and >>> a 4K TV to use as a monitor. >>> Stupid Windows 10 would not detect HDMI. >>> OK, screw it, I'm going to dual-boot the thing anyway. >>> Well, latest-and-greatest Linux Mint (KDE) doesn't detect the HDMI >>> either... :( >>> So... >>> I bought a 'mini display port-to-VGA' adapter and plugged it VGA into >>> the >>> TV. It works, but I only get the same laptop resolution (1920x1080) >>> ... >>> 8-( >>> So... >>> Questions are: >>> 1.- Can I expect my full 4K resolution if I get the #$@! HDMI working? >>> and >>> 2.- What can I do to get the #$@! HDMI working? >>> Thanks! >>> ET >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Todd Millecam > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss