Crap! HDMI... :( Update...

[kitepilot at kitepilot.com]

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 at 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, <kitepilot at kitepilot.com> 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
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>>   
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Todd Millecam
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