DisplayPort not recognized

[Liam Proven]

On 22 July 2017 at 20:22, MR ZenWiz <mrzenwiz at gmail.com> wrote:
> I just bought a refurb HP 8740w "EliteBook" and installed my Xubuntu
> 16.04 drive in it.  Everything seems to work so far except the display
> port.
>
> To verify that it works, I just took out my Linux disk and put the
> Win7 disk back in, and it has no trouble recognizing the DP connected
> TV.
>
> In Linux, I get nothing.  The Display app is set to configure new
> devices when they are connected, but nothing shows up.  The monitor
> control app that lets me decide where to place the screen does not
> show up.  There are no errors I can see about this in the system logs
> or the Xorg log.  Even xrandr does not list the extension monitor.
>
> What next?

According to Amazon...

Graphics Controller: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M

https://www.amazon.com/HP-EliteBook-XT910UT-17-Inch-Laptop/dp/B0044UEUZ8

(More info than HP's so-called specs page.)

So, do you have nVidia proprietary graphics drivers installed and
working? The latest version for your GPU?


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