Hi Meir, To the best of my knowledge the HDMI port on your laptop currently does not work (at all) under linux. There have been bug reports submitted about this issue (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/794503), I'd recommend giving these a look for further information.
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 11:46 PM, Meir Maor <meirm...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a dell XPS L502 optimus enabled laptop with Ubuntu 11.10 > out of the box I get the internal screen&mini display port working > correctly with the integrated intel graphics controller > and the hdmi port (presumably hardwired to the discrete nVidia) doesn't > work. > > I was thinking could I ignore the fancy optimus capabilities and use the > nVidia to power my external monitor via hdmi > and get all the hardware accelerations on that screen, while using the > integrated chip for the laptops internal monitor. > > I figure I don't really need to send data from discreet GPU to any screen. > > does this make sense, is it possible, has anyone done this, how do I go > about doing this? > > Meir > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux > Post to : hybrid-graphics-linux@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~hybrid-graphics-linux > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > - Josh
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