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Subject: Re: G35 HDMI with Intel driver through a HDMI 4-1 switch
From: "Petri Helin" <phelin () googlemail ! com>
Date: 2008-08-30 9:45:53
Message-ID: 3e063bbf0808300245g4cb485c3na2ef512bcfb8247c () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 9:21 PM, Petri Helin <phelin@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a Asus P5E-V HDMI motherboard, based on G35 chipset. The board has
> VGA, DVI and HDMI connections. VGA works splendidly, DVI I haven't tested,
> but HDMI is causing a lot of trouble.
>
> I tried with HDMI connection from the computer to a video projector thru a
> HDMI-switch. This worked with my previous set with nvidia display card, I
> could even see that EDID came all the way to the nvidia card. Now, with
> Intel IGP, the projector is no more recognized. Executing xrandr it reports
> that I have a VGA and a TDMS-1 monitors.
>
> Then I connected the HDMI straight to the projector. Now xrandr reports VGA
> and HDMI-1 monitors, but still EDID is not being read or at least there are
> no entries in Xorg.0.log that would imply it. Though it sets the resolution
> to 1280x720@60 which is the native resolution. For VGA monitor there are
> entries in the log for EDID being read. Still, now I got picture to the
> projector.
>
> I have tested with both the driver which comes with Ubuntu 8.04 (version
> 2.2.1) and version 2.4.1. No difference.
>
> Questions:
>
> 1. What is the difference between TMDS and HDMI?
> 2. Why doesn't it work when the switch is in between the computer and the
> projector?
>
> -Petri
>
Well, I should have tested a bit more... I switched back to using the
switch betwenn the computer and the projector, and now it works. I
cannot fathom why it didn't work earlier. Must have been just a loose
cable or something. The connection is still named TMDS-1 instead of
HDMI-1, though.
-Petri
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