Re: How to test a computer's HDMI port on FC33
by George R Goffe
Sizpack13/Samuel,
Thanks for responding.
This journal got jumbled somehow.
I'm currently booted from a Live Fedora 31 system. I did this in the hope that the monitor would work. It did NOT. When I first connected this TV (2 years ago?) I did nothing special... it just worked. I have been running with kernel option "nomodeset" for a long time. Tried removing that with NO change in behavior.
"stopped working" means: before power cycle, display worked perfectly, AFTER power cycle, TV had a box "NO SIGNAL" or "NO CONNECTION".
I switched IDENTICAL CABLES with no change in behavior. Cables ARE DIRECTIONAL (Saphire 15'). Connected properly, i.e., arrows on both ends pointing AWAY from the computer.
xrandr -q reports:
HDMI-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
> what has happend between the working / non-working state ?
just a power cycle
> video related updates ?
none that I know of.
> video related BIOS settings still okay ?
I made no changes.
> settings from the TV still okay (maybe a hidden FW update) ?
I made no changes or FW updates. How would that happen?
On 11.04.20 01:45, George R Goffe via users wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My HDMI to TV (Samsung) stopped working 2 days ago and I'm trying to find out how to test the port. This is a Fedora 33 (Rawhide) (x86_64) system. The cable is good... swapped with a known working cable. Directional 15' Saphire cables... have arrows and are pointing the right direction (away from the system, to the TV).
>
> Any hints/tips/suggestions would be beyond GREATLY appreciated.
>
what means "stopped working" ?
AFAIK, "known working cable" is relative:
Got two boxes, both "working" with HDMI.
but exchanging the cables => one box: NO picture ...(sometimes)
No idea how to test a HDMI port, just some idea's:
what has happend between the working / non-working state ?
video related updates ?
video related BIOS settings still okay ?
settings from the TV still okay (maybe a hidden FW update) ?
> xrandr -q
> => HDMI yes/no ?
see above
> sound via HDMI and headphone output at the TV
Sound card is broken in the system. TV sound self test worked as did the picture self test.
> what type of graphics device?
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF108M [GeForce GT 550M] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
> Does the display settings panel show the other screen?
This is a KDE FC31 live system booted now. KDE system settings for the display does not show the TV.
On Friday, April 10, 2020, 7:45:59 PM EDT, George R Goffe <grgoffe(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi,
My HDMI to TV (Samsung) stopped working 2 days ago and I'm trying to find out how to test the port. This is a Fedora 33 (Rawhide) (x86_64) system. The cable is good... swapped with a known working cable. Directional 15' Saphire cables... have arrows and are pointing the right direction (away from the system, to the TV).
Any hints/tips/suggestions would be beyond GREATLY appreciated.
Best regards,
George...
4 years
Re: How to test a computer's HDMI port on FC33
by J.Witvliet@mindef.nl
Hi,
From: "Ed Greshko" <ed.greshko(a)greshko.com<mailto:ed.greshko@greshko.com>>
Date: Saturday, 11 April 2020 at 06:04:36
To: "users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org" <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org<mailto:users@lists.fedoraproject.org>>
Subject: Re: How to test a computer's HDMI port on FC33
On 2020-04-11 11:28, George R Goffe via users wrote:
>> what type of graphics device?
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF108M [GeForce GT 550M] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
>
>
Is this system a laptop? Does it have an Fn+KEY which may possibly disable the HDMI port?
I had an Acer which did this years ago. Drove me crazy.
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As the dnf output suggested, I tried
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Failed. The results are in the second attachment (problem2.txt).
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How to test a computer's HDMI port on FC33
by George R Goffe
Hi,
My HDMI to TV (Samsung) stopped working 2 days ago and I'm trying to find out how to test the port. This is a Fedora 33 (Rawhide) (x86_64) system. The cable is good... swapped with a known working cable. Directional 15' Saphire cables... have arrows and are pointing the right direction (away from the system, to the TV).
Any hints/tips/suggestions would be beyond GREATLY appreciated.
Best regards,
George...
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All;
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Thanks in advance
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