I ran into a similar problem a few years ago. I bought a Dell desktop PC at Goodwill. I hooked it up to my TV via an HDMI cable. It worked fine with Windows 10. Wouldn't work with GNU/Linux. I tried Knoppix, Mint, and probably Kubuntu. I wasn't able to get it to work with GNU/Linux.
On Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 5:21 PM Tomas Kuchta <tomas.kuchta.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 17, 2022, 17:58 VY <vyau5...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi All > > > > I am testing my Dell laptop with a Linux Mint bootable USB drive. > > Things are all working except HDMI. > > I tried connecting 2 different monitors (using 2 different HDMI cables) > but > > it just won't detect the external monitor. > > > > The Window 11 OS is able to see the external monitor so it is not > hardware. > > Are there additional config I need to do for this external monitor to > work? > > . > > > You do not identify you HW in any useful way. > > That said, there were plenty examples (not hyped up, real support calls) > returning some recent intel based dell laptops with nvidia card because > they could not get it working. > > I'd say, google your HW up on linux distros mailing lists. If you find that > you got the same issues - consider doing what many others did - returning > the HW and getting something which works. > > -Tom > > > >
