High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is a compact audio/video interface for transmitting uncompressed digital data.
Questions tagged [hdmi]
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Laptop-TV sync problems in ubuntu 14.04
I am using Dell Inspiron N4010 Laptop. Recently I have upgraded from Ubuntu 12.04 to Ubuntu 14.04. When I connect my laptop to my Sony Bravia Television through HDMI cable I can see my desktop wallpaper both in Laptop and TV. But After that whatever…

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HDMI disconnected in 18.04
After upgrading to 18.04 HDMI output is no longer working. Seems as if HDMI is disconnected. How to make 18.04 connect and reestablish output through the HDMI connection on the computer.
Used to work in 16.04.

boe
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No sound on TV via HDMI
I can't get sound to my TV which I connected via HDMI cable to my HP Pavilion g6 Laptop running under OS Ubuntu 12.04-64bit.
I checked this post which indicates a solution, but I don't know how to do it.

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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS issue with connecting to TV via HDMI
I am trying to connect my laptop to my TV via HDMI and whenever I do the tv screen goes black and the laptop screen goes black as well. Then every couple seconds the mouse cursor will flash on the black screen of the laptop.
After some time (maybe…

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HDMI Stability Issues while on AC Power
I have a Vaio VPCS131FM, which has an Intel i5-460m cpu. It uses Ironlake graphics. If I plug it into hdmi while on ac power, after about 5 minutes the monitor starts getting little lines and dots on it. After a couple more minutes, the screen will…

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Integrated Screen goes blank with Dual-screen
While I had the hdmi exit connected to my TV, I configured my laptop screen to be turned off. Now, everytime I connect the hdmi, my laptop screen goes blank and nothing appears on my TV. Can you help me?

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HDMI Audio on Optimus system
I have an Asus G46vw (specs below) running Ubuntu 14.04 build 05/05/14 and this laptop has Intel Card and a discrete 660M. I am very excited to have HDMI working with Optimus. But I have one last thing that is driving me nuts. Audio over HDMI.
I…

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HDMI to TV keeps dimming in and out?
I connected my Asus ZenBook running Ubuntu 13 to my TV (Panasonic) via HDMI. My main problem is that when I'm watching a movie the screen keeps dimming in and out. It doesn't dim all the way out, just becomes darker for a few seconds and then…

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HDMI not working on Ubuntu 13.04
If I connect my TV with my laptop with a HDMI cable, my TV displays only the desktop even if on the laptop I see something else. What should I do?

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Asus X551ca HDMI resolution
I have an X551CA laptop and an ASUS 2K monitor. I can connect the laptop and monitor, all works well, but my max resolution seems to be 1920x1080.
Any suggestions/advice on how to get the full 2K?
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 3286 x 1200,…

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ubuntu 16.04 - hdmi display not reconnecting
I am using :
Ubuntu 16.04 64bit, Official Intel Display Drivers (also occurs with default), Intel ComputeStick, Connected to an LG television via HDMI
If I do any of the following:
1) Change input to a different source and reboot while changed
2)…

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HDMI Monitor Not Detected On Boot
This doesn't involve a secondary monitor. It's the primary, and only, monitor on my system.
It's an HDMI monitor, and it's not being detected by Ubuntu, at any point in the boot cycle.

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Connect HP laptop to TV with HDMI
I have an HP Pavilion with Ubuntu 16.04. When connecting to my Samsung smart TV I see the desktop background perfectly. But nothing else (movies for instance) which I run on the laptop shows up on the TV screen - only the desktop background.…

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How I can control HDMI to what content should visible on projector screen?
I was presenting slides in classroom, I found that only full screen content are visible in projector. I was not able to present anything which was not set on full screen mode.
How I can control what to show in projector screen? Is there any…

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Why ubuntu doesn't support HDMI CEC?
I've installed Ubuntu desktop on a Raspberry PI 4. To my surprise HDMI-CEC is not working. Is is it a known bug ?
$ sudo apt-get install cec-utils libcec-dev
$ cec-client -l
LibCEC version: 6.0.2 compiled on Linux-4.15.0-109-generic ... ,…

Mihai
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