Well the workaround that I reported last suddenly stopped working today... Sigh
I assume the change in behavior us due to some recent update... I am at a loss as to how to get this to work.. Cheers, Bob On Tue, 31 Dec 2019, 10:06 Grateful Frog, <gratefulf...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi! > > Thanks for the tip. > > When I ran my PC on the 18.04 live OS, I noticed that by plugging the HDMI > cable on the normal HDMI port, that HDMI*2* was indicated as *plugged*. > > Later when I went back to the installed 16.04, the HDMI2 port was > indicated as unplugged (all the ports were) but it still worked correctly, > sending sound and video to the HDMI monitor. > > Although odd, this works so I will wait to upgrade until I have a backup > system available. > > As to trying the v5 kernels, in the past they were not compatible with my > v4 system so I will also wait on that as well. > > In summary, I learned that : > > - the standard HDMI connector maps to port HDMI2 > - the mini display connector maps to port HDMI1 > - despite being indicated as "unplugged" in the pulseaudio volume > control, the HDMI2 port works properly. > > Thank you for all your help - this is a great improvement! > > I hope you and all the Ubuntu team have a happy new year! > Cheers, > Bob > > On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 at 03:00, Daniel van Vugt < > daniel.van.v...@canonical.com> wrote: > >> Great! Sounds like a newer kernel is all you need. >> >> If you can't risk upgrading then I suggest just installing the latest >> stable kernel: >> >> https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.4.6/ >> >> Please try that (and run 'uname' to confirm it's active). >> >> ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) >> Status: Incomplete => Fix Released >> >> -- >> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug >> report. >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1857821 >> >> Title: >> External HDMI monitor audio always reported as "unplugged" >> >> To manage notifications about this bug go to: >> >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1857821/+subscriptions >> > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1857821 Title: External HDMI monitor audio always reported as "unplugged" Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Hello my Ubuntu friends, I can no longer play sound over my external HDMI connected TV. The image displays perfectly, but all the HDMI output devices are listed as "unplugged" I have spent a huge amount of time trying every solution that Internet searching will bring but this has changed nothing. I have tired all available video drivers, including Xorg and NVIDEA 396.26, 340.107, and 384.130. This failure is recent because in the past I could play both audio and video through the HDMI connector. The laptop is dual boot with Windows 10 and the HDMI works perfectly on that OS, although I rarely use it... I am wondering if upgrading my Xubuntu to the latest LTS could potentially solve this issue, but I fear such an update since I depend on this computer and an outage would be very hard for me... Any thoughts would be great. Thanks for making Linux great! Bob ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+13ubuntu3.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-170.199-generic 4.4.200 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-170-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.21 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Sun Dec 29 17:00:14 2019 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-05-11 (1693 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422.1) SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1857821/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
