you might need to use the proprietary drivers in order for it to all communicate correctly. On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 12:48 PM, Matt Graham wrote: > a laptop (Asus ROG GL752VW) Stupid Windows 10 would not detect HDMI. >>>> Well, latest-and-greatest Linux Mint (KDE) doesn't detect the HDMI >>>> either... >>>> >>> 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. >>> >> > Having 2 different OSes both fail to see the HDMI output sounds like a > problem that isn't software to me, but read on. > > On 2016-03-16 11:47, kitepilot@kitepilot.com wrote: > >> 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. >> > > According to the internet, the laptop has one of those dual-graphics-card > chipsets in it. (Intel HD Graphic 530 and GeForce 960M.) I don't know > which card is responsible for handling the HDMI port. According to > https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/FeatureMatrix/ , the 960M is in the > NV110 class of hardware and so should be able to do HDMI with the nouveau X > module. However, the nouveau FAQ says, "If you have a laptop with dual > Intel/Nvidia graphics, the Nvidia card may or may not be usable. The card > may be selectable via vgaswitcheroo or a BIOS option, you should check > those first." > > So: See where the HDMI port is with lspci, maybe see what you can find in > the BIOS Setup, and investigate the "vgaswitcheroo" program? > > -- > Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress > There is no Darkness in Eternity > But only Light too dim for us to see. > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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 > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen