I just tried the live xubuntu 18.04 and the HDMI display and sound both
work perfectly using the Xorg display driver.

I am hesitant to try the upgrade process from 16.04 to 18.04 for fear of
losing the use of my computer...

Cheers,
Bob

On Mon, 30 Dec 2019 at 11:10, Daniel van Vugt <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Thanks. It looks like "unplugged" is just what the GUI says when ALSA
> reports available as "no" or "unknown". So as a first step this sounds
> like a kernel change and not a problem with the configuration GUI. This
> possibly also rules out PulseAudio since I think we're seeing the same
> problem directly from the kernel.
>
> Please try some newer or older kernels to see if any of them avoid the
> problem:
>
>   https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/
>
> If that's too much work then I suggest installing Ubuntu 18.04 instead.
> Or at least live boot it from USB just to test:
>
>   http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/18.04.3/release/
>
> ** Summary changed:
>
> - external HDMI monitor always "unplugged"
> + External HDMI monitor audio always reported as "unplugged"
>
> ** Package changed: ubuntu => linux (Ubuntu)
>
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