Questions tagged [hdmi]
High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is a compact audio/video interface for transmitting uncompressed digital data.
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How to play music from 2 monitors? [duplicate]
I am trying to get both of my monitors to play audio out of their speakers. They are connected over HDMI.
I can make them play audio one at a time. But how do I get them both to play audio at the ...
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How to connect desktop computer to TV via HDMI using Ubuntu 18.04 LTS?
Reading other replies to similar posts, they suggest going to display in settings and selecting mirror but it's no longer an option as the layout has changed. Connecting the HDMI cord, their is no ...
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Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS dual monitor failure
Currently, my two monitors are connected with HDMI and VGA. They both work during login, and I can see both screens showing the ubuntu magenta color.
Once I log in, only one monitor displays the ...
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Weird top bar duplication
When I connect my HDMI along with my second monitor and built in display, I get this from my top bar, a weird two-row duplication.
How do I get rid of it?
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Sound not working on Ubuntu 18.04
I have a problem with my sound which I suspect has something to do with the fact that I have hooked up a HDMI monitor. I've followed several guides but nothing has helped yet.
My laptop stopped ...
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Load Application on to external display
I have connected one external Display to my laptop( means connected one HDMI display) which contains Ubuntu 16.04 as the OS. I would like to display content like VLC player, Firefox etc on the ...
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HDMI not working in Ubuntu 18.04 (Razer Blade 14" 2017)
I recently installed Ubuntu 18.04 on my Razer Blade and I have had a lot of issues with it, most of which I have managed to solve. One thing I cannot figure out though is how to get HDMI working. I am ...
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Black screen on detected second display on Ubuntu 18.04
I recently updated my laptop to Ubuntu 18.04 from 16.04. When I tried to use my external monitor with it for the first time, everything worked well and I set the external monitor as the primary ...
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External monitors randomly stopped working together this morning
I have been using a Dell xps 15 9560 laptop with Ubuntu 16.04 since the 9560 was released. In December of 2018, I received two Dell U2717D monitors and have been connecting them to my laptop so that I ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 : Blank out Issue with 2nd external screen
I am using Ubuntu 18.04 in my dell laptop and I have connected it to a wavelike dock which support two HDMI ports for external screens.I am using two external screen of dell P2219H, 1st screen works ...
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Record pc screen from a second pc with Ubuntu installed and launch an script
I need to record the screen of what's happening on a first pc on a second one and use the video at the second computer running his own Ubuntu system (not sharing the screen as in remote way). I then ...
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HDMI not detected on Ubuntu 18.04
After upgrading to Ubuntu 18.04 from version 16.04, the external monitor is not detected anymore. I have tried using both VGA and HDMI monitor ports to connect using the USB-C adapter to my laptop. ...
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Screen resolution stuck at 1024 x768 and no HDMI signal
I'm aware there are a few versions of this question running around but I've tried following various instructions and can't seem to get a resolution.
Right, here we go. I recently ran a few updates ...
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Ubuntu 18.04: Black screen on boot connected to Samsung TV
I have a problem with my 3 year old 'htpc' computer stationed in my living room, running Ubuntu 18.04. After the Asus UEFI/BIOS splash screen, the screen gets black and the system is totally freezed. ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 MSI GS65 HDMI output not always detected
Hardware
MSI GS-65-053 Stealth Thin 8RF
GeForce GTX 1070
LG 43UD79 Display
Software
Ubuntu 18.04
Nvidia 415.27 driver
What I've Already Tried
switching from gdm3 to lightdm
re-installing nvidia ...
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HDMI audio not working on ubuntu 18.04
I have installed pulse audio control and configured Nvidia output profile. When audio is played, it shows something is playing under Nvidia profile but still cannot hear any sound. Can I make this ...
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HDMI and Mini Displayport outputs not detecting external monitors on MSI GS65 running 18.04
The HDMI output is not detecting external monitors on my MSI GS65 running Ubuntu 18.04. I have the NVIDIA 390.77 driver installed, which works great since I am able to run games smoothly on Steam. I ...
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How to set second monitor as unique if connected with xrandr
I would like to set my HDMI monitor as the unique output of my laptop when the monitor is connected. Now I am changing it manually everytime I switch on my laptop with my monitor connected, but I ...
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HDMI not working on ubuntu 18.10, no screen detected
I have newly installed ubuntu on my computer that has both an Intel graphics card and an nvidia card. The nouveau drivers which is the default simply freezes the system after about 15 seconds, even ...
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My monitor is not detected
I have connected CTX monitor to my new Dell G3 with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and monitor is not detected in Settings->Display My connection is via HDMI
When I run xrandr -q then this what I do have:
root@...
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Trouble to recognize external monitors at startup
I don't consider myself a linux guru. I'm not sure about what information I need to provide. I will gladly update my question if you give me the instructions.
Setup
HP Spectre x360 - 13-4190nz with ...
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Hdmi sound not listed in output devices
i have ubuntu 18.04LTS, my hdmi video output works fine but the sound always comes from the laptop speakers. I also can't see any output device besides the speakers. I have tried many suggestions that ...
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18.04 TV reproducing screen until login then after login just beaver
I have a Lenovo Idea-pad running 18.04. It is connected to a Samsung TV with a HDMI cable. On booting the laptop the TV mimics the computer screen until the login screen which comes up on the laptop ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS not recognizing external hdmi monitor
I have ubuntu dual-booted with windows on a HP Envy (AMD FX 7th Gen APU), and windows recognizes my external monitor connected via hdmi while ubuntu does not.
I have tried reinstalling amdgpu-pro ...
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Why does Audio fade-in instead of starting at set volume level?
Ubuntu 18.04.01
HDMI from GPU to the Asus monitor speakers (volume
set to 100 within the monitor's menu)
When, for example, I start a YouTube video the video starts playing but, the audio slowly ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 Could not apply the stored configuration for monitors
Good afternoon,
system is Ubuntu 16.04 on a Lenovo Thinkpad X220 in a docking station, which outputs sound via DP and video via VGA cable.
Since sometimes VGA output or DP (in xrandr HDMI-2) sound ...
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External Monitor Not Working with Ubuntu 18.04 (Razer Blade 2017)
A month ago, I upgraded from Ubuntu 16.04 to Ubuntu 18.04, and I noticed that my external monitor does not display anything when connected to my laptop via HDMI cable. I know nothing physically is ...
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laptop hangs when disconnecting hdmi monitor
I'm on ubuntu 18.04, and my laptop is a dell inspiron 15 5000 series with a intel core i7-7500u cpu and a radeon graphics card: VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 620 (rev 02) (...
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HDMI connection not working
I've been trying to get a HDMI connection from my laptop to my TV. I realise there are a LOT of posts similar to this but none I've found have worked for me.
System specs are; Intel® Core™ i7-8750H ...
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How to get HDMI devices to just work?
Dell Vostro 2025 64-bit
Dual booting:
Ubuntu 18.04.03 LTS Bionic Beaver
Windows 10 Home
1 HDMI port
HDA Intel PCH (?) sound card/chipset (from aplay – see below)
In Windows I just plug ...
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External monitor colors are bad
My friend, is running a dual booted desktop, Windows 10 and Ubuntu 18.04, he has vga amd radeon hd 5450.
He had an old lg monitor, which connects to desktop the vga port everything was great. he ...
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18.04 HDMI Sound not working
Going through the threads I see many unresolved issues with HDMI sound. Tried many of the suggested fixes.
My HDMI TV display is working fine:
with xrandr I get this:
HDMI-1-1 connected primary
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XPS 15 9560 use HDMI port whilst bypassing GPU?
I have Ubuntu 18.04 installed on my Dell XPS 15 9560.
It has been a terrible experience. When I install any Nvidia drivers (following all of the guides and previous answers on forums) my laptop ...
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How do you change the preferred resolution with xrandr?
I am cloning my 1920x1080 monitor display to a TV (1366x768) using a splitter device. It works fine except rebooting moves all my icons up on the desktop, forcing them into a space of the lower ...
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No more sound devices in 18.04
I had everything working well on my Dell Ins 7700 but wanted to change default audio output to HDMI. I installed pulseaudio set default in the app and it worked fine. I then lost audio a few hours ...
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Lubuntu 18.04.1 LTS xrandr not detecting second monitor
I want to connect my laptop to Samsung SyncMasterBX2350 (2 hdmi ports it has) via HDMI.
This is xrandr -q output:
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1366 x 768, maximum 16384 x 16384
LVDS ...
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GTX 1080 Ti: Unable to load X Server Display Configuration page
I can connect DVI LCD with GTX1080Ti when I try to replace with VGA LCD by using VGA-HDMI converter. The screen gives a message No input signal but in the display setting LCD gets detected. The Nvidia ...
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External Monitor not detected Ubuntu 18.04 on Dell Inspiron 5558
I connected an external monitor through my HDMI port but after an extensive search I wasn't able to find the solution to my problem.
When I run xrandr this is is what I get,
~$ xrandr
Screen 0: ...
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Sound not working on my PC running Ubuntu 18.10
I was using the previous version of UBUNTU 18.04 and everything was working great, one day it asked me to upgrade to Ubuntu 18.04 and had a to start from zero for the installation of the OS.
When the ...
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After Ubuntu 18.04 reinstall, monitor stops working
I am running Ubuntu 18.04 on an old Acer Aspire e1-470p pc (with Intel HD Graphics 4000 Graphics processor) connected to a Viewsonic VX2703MH-LED monitor by HDMI.
I corrupted my boot options (...
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Ubuntu Server 18.04 cannot switch to external display [closed]
I have an old Toshiba laptop from 2008 on which I have installed ubuntu server 18.04. The built in laptop screen is cracked, so I had it connected to a VGA monitor for a while and it worked fine. I ...
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Can't switch sound to HDMI any more in Xubuntu 18.04
I was able to find a solution, when I was writing this question/post, though it was not easy. Since I have already written it, I leave it here as reference.
I am not able to make HDMI my sound output....
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Ubuntu 18.04 - no sound on HDMI - HDMI not visible in ALSA
I cannot get the sound running on an HDMI connection between my NUC7CJYH4 and my TV.
As I am now completely lost I would appreciate help on this topic.
I am running a freshly installed UBUNTU 18.04....
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Dell Inspiron N5050 connected to the MI TV via hdmi display not synced
We have connected the Dell Inspiron N5050 via HDMI port to MI TV.
Diplay is showing in the MI TV, but only the start up screen and TV is not
in sync with the laptop.
The left side screen is the ...
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Can't detect my TV using HDMI
I have tried to watch a movie on TV by connecting my lap top using HDMI cable. But I couldn't connect it. I have tried several codes. Now I have faced another problem as Red color dot on right top ...
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HDMI stopped working 18.04
I have:
Intel® HD Graphics 5500 (Broadwell GT2)
on Asus X554L laptop
I have problems with HDMI at Ubuntu 18.04
I connected my TV with it, and it was working for some time, then it stopped, the device(...
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HDMI not detected after upgrade to 18.10
I upgraded my Asus n76vj from 18.04 to 18.10 and HDMI stopped working (it works on Windows 10).
Here are some info on my system:
$ lspci | grep -iE "display|vga|hdmi"
00:02.0 VGA compatible ...
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Ubuntu media playing become slow
Recently I did a presentation. So I used Mirror option to display my desktop on the projector screen using HDMI port. After the presentation(after removing HDMI) when I tried to watch a YouTube video ...
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18.04 LTS + Intel HD 3000 Graphic : HDMI Not Working
I am new to Ubuntu and trying to make my newly installed Ubuntu 18.04 LTS on my Dell XT2 laptop to work with 2 monitors. 1 monitor is connected via the laptop HDMI (Intel HD 3000 Graphic Chipset) and ...
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xrandr missing hdmi output after install nvidia driver
Hi i have notebook where are intel and nvidia graphic cards.
Intel 630HD
Nvidia 1060, driver 410.78
Ubuntu 18.04
After fresh install nvidia works fine. I don't know exactly what happend (maybe any ...
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