Yeah, I remember on a Lenovo I had with two graphics cards, I had to setup bumblebeed and then it all worked pretty well. On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 12:46 PM, Stephen Partington wrote: > 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 > > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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