in the uEnv.txt file there's a line starting with "optargs="
Add to the end of that line:
" video=HDMI-A-1:e"

make sure there's a space before the "video=....." and this should force 
the enabling of the HDMI port.

Doug



On Tuesday, February 4, 2014 9:06:03 AM UTC-8, joe2456001 wrote:
>
> HI Doug
>      I'm running into the same problem here using beagleboard black 
> running ubuntu-dsktop on a sd card 
> the /sys/class/drm/card0-HDMI-A-1/enabled shows  disabled
> cat /proc/cmdline shows this 
> console=ttyO0,115200n8 video capemgr=capemgr.enable_partno=BB-BONELT-HDMI 
> root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 ro rootfstype=ext4 rootwait
>
>
> ubuntu@ubuntu-armhf:~$ cat /sys/devices/bone_capemgr.9/slots
>  0: 54:PF--- 
>  1: 55:PF--- 
>  2: 56:PF--- 
>  3: 57:PF--- 
>  4: ff:P-O-L Bone-LT-eMMC-2G,00A0,Texas Instrument,BB-BONE-EMMC-2G
>  5: ff:P-O-L Bone-Black-HDMI,00A0,Texas Instrument,BB-BONELT-HDMI
>
> can u show me your uenv file? thx i try to edit my uenv doesn't work
> best
> jason
>
>
> On Tuesday, January 28, 2014 8:39:04 PM UTC-5, doog wrote:
>>
>> I had looked at it and overlooked what was the problem but you asking and 
>> my copy/paste made me realize I'd cat'ed it onto the capemgr.disable.... 
>> mesg with a comma instead of separating it. It now works. Thanks for slap 
>> in the back of the head.
>>
>> Doug
>>
>> On Tuesday, January 28, 2014 5:29:22 PM UTC-8, Charles Steinkuehler wrote:
>>>
>>> On 1/28/2014 6:57 PM, doog wrote: 
>>> > I'm getting going with LinuxCNC Machinekit on BBB but my first hiccup 
>>> is 
>>> > that I can't get HDMI hardware enabled. I have an HDMI-DVI cable and 
>>> for 
>>> > whatever reason the hardware has to be told to turn on. With Angstrom 
>>> I 
>>> > pass "video=HDMI-A-1:e" on optargs in uEnv.txt but default Debian in 
>>> > Machinekit doesn't do it. 
>>> > 
>>> > is there something I can do to force it on/enabled from the command 
>>> line? 
>>> >  I've tried shelling in with ssh -X then doing xrandr :0.0 --output 
>>> HDMI1 
>>> > --auto but it didn't work. 
>>> > I'm checking /sys/class/drm/card0-HDMI-A-1/enabled and when booting 
>>> > Angstrom without a display connected it states "enabled" as it should. 
>>> > Booting Machinekit it states "disabled". 
>>>
>>> First, are you sure the option is being passed to the kernel?  What does 
>>> "cat /proc/cmdline" return? 
>>>
>>> Second, have you tried the 'e' flag while also specifying a resolution? 
>>>  Try something like: 
>>>
>>> kms_force_mode=video=HDMI-A-1:1024x768@60e 
>>>
>>> ...in /boot/uboot/uEnv.txt. 
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Charles Steinkuehler 
>>> [email protected] 
>>>
>>

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