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ficabj5

Member

Registered: 2016-04-17

Posts: 6

Error in detecting HDMI connection

Hi all,

As the title says, I have problems connecting my external monitor to the HDMI port on my laptop.

When I connect the monitor via HDMI, XFCE display settings pop up, but they don't recognize any monitor than the laptop monitor itself.

RandR doesn't recognize it as well. Output of

 xrandr 

is:

 
Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 32767 x 32767
eDP1 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 350mm x 190mm
   1920x1080     60.02*+
   1400x1050     59.98  
   1600x900      60.00  
   1280x1024     60.02  
   1280x960      60.00  
   1368x768      60.00  
   1280x720      60.00  
   1024x768      60.00  
   1024x576      60.00  
   960x540       60.00  
   800x600       60.32    56.25  
   864x486       60.00  
   640x480       59.94  
   720x405       60.00  
   640x360       60.00  
DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
VIRTUAL1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

The HDMI cable IS connected.

What could be the problem, and what should I do to fix it?

Thank you in advance!

paulkerry

Member

From: Sheffield, UK

Registered: 2014-10-02

Posts: 611

Re: Error in detecting HDMI connection

Have you tried linux-lts ?