From dietmar.schumacher at pt.lu Mon Dec 7 11:09:54 2020 From: dietmar.schumacher at pt.lu (Dietmar) Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2020 12:09:54 +0100 Subject: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and hdmi connection Message-ID: <38c28391-9a32-3fd1-7eb3-fa43d7918b31@pt.lu> Hello Ubuntu-friends, Maybe I write in English as either I know you nor your language used normally. I would like to explain my problem with a hdmi-connection to our SAMSUNG TV. We want to connect my Laptop to our tv.   After having succeeded to install the  cyberghost vpn on my Ubuntu 18.04 system,  we can now neutralize geo-blocking of french television f.ex. Unfortunately SAMSUNG blocks the connection from my smartphone by use of the "Smart Thing" App once I activated the cyberghost on my smartphone.  That's the reason why I try to connect our tv with my laptop (via usb cable) As I have installed Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and windows 10 on my Laptop (dual-boot) I tried the hdmi connection which worked without any problem with windows 10 (except that windows 10 is very slow on my ASUS D553S) and I prefer working with Ubuntu. I use Ubuntu for 99% of my daily tasks.  So I would like to resolve the problem for the hdmi connection un my Ubuntu operating system. When I connect the hdmi cable with my laptop nothing happens and the screen of my laptop turns on black display. The SAMSUNG tv does not recognize the external source. So, I made some investigations in the internet and detected some commands concerning the controller. Unfortunately my laptop does not use a NVIDIA, but the following integrated VGA controller: lspci -v | perl -ne '/VGA/../^$/ and /VGA|Kern|3D|Display/ and print'  hwinfo --gfxcard --short graphics card:                        Intel Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Integrated Graphics Controller Primary display adapter: #17 didi at didi-X553SA:~$  sudo lshw -C display   *-display        Beschreibung: VGA compatible controller        Produkt: Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Integrated Graphics Controller        Hersteller: Intel Corporation        Physische ID: 2        Bus-Informationen: pci at 0000:00:02.0        Version: 21        Breite: 64 bits        Takt: 33MHz        Fähigkeiten: pm msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom        Konfiguration: driver=i915 latency=0        Ressourcen: irq:125 memory:80000000-80ffffff memory:90000000-9fffffff ioport:f000(Größe=64) memory:c0000-dffff didi at didi-X553SA:~$ lspci | grep VGA 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 21) didi at didi-X553SA:~$ So my question:  Did you have already experience with hdmi-connections to tv? If yes, any idea how I can resolve my problem? I'm not an UBUNTU specialist, but I'm a great supporter of this operating system. Best regards, Dietmar Schumacher Waldbillig mobile: 621704407