HDMi port om Fedora 40
from FriedRice@lemmy.ml to linux@lemmy.ml on 15 Jun 23:04
https://lemmy.ml/post/16923096

Hey. Well I’ve got a thinkpad running with fedora 40. I wanted to plug the TV in, with HDMI, but nothing happened. So how do I activate it? Its a Lenovo T470

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just_another_person@lemmy.world on 15 Jun 23:14 next collapse

Look at the drivers and make sure a secondary display is available.

What’s your graphics driver?

helenslunch@feddit.nl on 16 Jun 00:43 next collapse

You shouldn’t need to activate anything.

boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net on 16 Jun 00:49 next collapse

HDMI should work out of the box.

GPU info needed

fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 16 Jun 01:28 next collapse

Nvidia or Intel GPU?

TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world on 16 Jun 11:54 next collapse

That’s quite strange. If you plug in a live USB, does it work with other distros? Does your system have an Nvidia GPU?

bloodfart@lemmy.ml on 16 Jun 12:46 next collapse

I don’t have a 470 in front of me. Did you push the “external display” function key combo or configure it in your desktop environment?

bitwolf@lemmy.one on 16 Jun 14:31 next collapse

Did you install from Minimal or Everything isos?

You may need to install the firmware for the GPU if so.

FriedRice@lemmy.ml on 16 Jun 20:10 next collapse

Thank you all for theanswerds im new into this, so i will find out what graphics driver i have. Brb

qaz@lemmy.world on 17 Jun 15:42 collapse

Which Desktop Environment are you using?

noddy@beehaw.org on 17 Jun 09:53 next collapse

I don’t know specifically about the T470, but if you have an nvidia GPU, you might have issues depending on how the display outputs are connected to the GPUs. I had a T420s at some point with an nvidia GPU, and it was a PITA to get the display output to work on linux. I had to permanently enable the nvidia GPU for that to work (cutting battery life in half), because the display output was connected only to the nvidia GPU. I swore to never buy an nvidia product ever again after that experience.

Lem453@lemmy.ca on 17 Jun 10:33 collapse

I have an atomic variant of fedora 40 (Aurora) and it just works on an Intel CPU with integrated graphics. I have a USB c dongle with HDMI out and it just works when I plug it in.

I also tried it on my steam deck dock the other day and it worked without issue.