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 Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. 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 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
