[SOLVED] HDMI not working when using intel graphics card - Linux Mint 19 - Dell G5 15 5587
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HDMI not working when using intel graphics card - Linux Mint 19 - Dell G5 15 5587
Hello, I have been searching through this forum (and others) fore somebody with my same problem and after failing to find it, I am posting this (usually the solution is always found in this web page ). I am thinking of updating the kernel to the 4.18 (I read that is the latest stable release), as my computer is quite new and I read through the kernel changelogs of the 4.17 (mint uses 4.16) that there has been an improvement over HDMI 2.0 cannon lake, and my computer uses HDMI 2.0, but I am not understanding how to manually upgrade the kernel nor if it is a good idea.
I have a new laptop, the Dell G5 15 5587, uses the GTX1060. I cannot get information anywhere on the internet about the intel graphics card, but I think it was the 630. It has the i7 88750H. I paste above the output of
Linux erik-G5-5587 4.15.0-36-generic #39-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 24 16:19:09 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
and
Code:
xrandr
Code:
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 8192 x 8192
eDP-1 connected primary 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 344mm x 194mm
1920x1080 60.02 + 60.01* 59.97 59.96 59.93 48.03
1680x1050 59.95 59.88
1600x1024 60.17
1400x1050 59.98
1600x900 59.99 59.94 59.95 59.82
1280x1024 60.02
1440x900 59.89
1400x900 59.96 59.88
1280x960 60.00
1440x810 60.00 59.97
1368x768 59.88 59.85
1360x768 59.80 59.96
1280x800 59.99 59.97 59.81 59.91
1152x864 60.00
1280x720 60.00 59.99 59.86 59.74
1024x768 60.04 60.00
960x720 60.00
928x696 60.05
896x672 60.01
1024x576 59.95 59.96 59.90 59.82
960x600 59.93 60.00
960x540 59.96 59.99 59.63 59.82
800x600 60.00 60.32 56.25
840x525 60.01 59.88
864x486 59.92 59.57
800x512 60.17
700x525 59.98
800x450 59.95 59.82
640x512 60.02
720x450 59.89
700x450 59.96 59.88
640x480 60.00 59.94
720x405 59.51 58.99
684x384 59.88 59.85
680x384 59.80 59.96
640x400 59.88 59.98
576x432 60.06
640x360 59.86 59.83 59.84 59.32
512x384 60.00
512x288 60.00 59.92
480x270 59.63 59.82
400x300 60.32 56.34
432x243 59.92 59.57
320x240 60.05
360x202 59.51 59.13
320x180 59.84 59.32
DP-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI-2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI-3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
Thank you in advance for the help and sorry if I am forgetting to give some information... It is hard to love linux so much while being a complete newbie!
I think my problem "is not a problem"... I've tried a clean windows installation with all drivers except for nvidia ones, and I didn't manage to detect my monitor. However after installing nvidia drivers, it automatically detected de monitor when plugged in, and it activated the nvidia gpu. So I think this is just how this PC works... So in absence of other opinions, I think this thread is solved except for one last question. żDo you think it is a bad design? I think it is and I am thinking of returning the back this laptop...
Do you think it is a bad design? I think it is and I am thinking of returning the back this laptop...
I think it is bad for an Optimus user not to install drivers according to dual GPU instructions, which causes higher power consumption always and thus significantly less battery life.
HDMI not working when using intel graphics card - Linux Mint 19 - Dell G5 15 5587
I own a Thinkpad T520 with a duel GPU Nvidia basically Optimus. After researching this I want into the BIOS and disabled the Nvidia GPU. Optimus is not really supported in linux that well. If you got Optimus running as soon as you update the kernel it will break Optimus.
Linux I think will never have drivers like Windows does due to manufacturers not taking Linux seriously as an alternative for windows.
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). I am thinking of updating the kernel to the 4.18 (I read that is the latest stable release), as my computer is quite new and I read through the kernel changelogs of the 4.17 (mint uses 4.16) that there has been an improvement over HDMI 2.0 cannon lake, and my computer uses HDMI 2.0, but I am not understanding how to manually upgrade the kernel nor if it is a good idea.
