Ubuntu Server 18.04 cannot switch to external display
I have an old Toshiba laptop from 2008 on which I have installed ubuntu server 18.04. The built in laptop screen is cracked, so I had it connected to a VGA monitor for a while and it worked fine. I wanted to connect it to my TV, so I bought a VGA to HDMI display converter, but when I use that converter, the TV doesn't receive any input. VGA to HDMI shouldn't require any additional drivers, so does anyone know what could be going on?
xrandr output:
Can't open display
lshw -c video output:
*-display:0
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 07
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
resources: irq:16 memory:f4000000-f43fffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff ioport:1800(size=8) memory:c0000-dffff
*-display:1 UNCLAIMED
description: Display controller
product: Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1
version: 07
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:f4400000-f44fffff
I'm pretty new to CLI on Ubuntu, so just let me know if there is other relevant information I should post
server 18.04 display hdmi
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I have an old Toshiba laptop from 2008 on which I have installed ubuntu server 18.04. The built in laptop screen is cracked, so I had it connected to a VGA monitor for a while and it worked fine. I wanted to connect it to my TV, so I bought a VGA to HDMI display converter, but when I use that converter, the TV doesn't receive any input. VGA to HDMI shouldn't require any additional drivers, so does anyone know what could be going on?
xrandr output:
Can't open display
lshw -c video output:
*-display:0
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 07
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
resources: irq:16 memory:f4000000-f43fffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff ioport:1800(size=8) memory:c0000-dffff
*-display:1 UNCLAIMED
description: Display controller
product: Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1
version: 07
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:f4400000-f44fffff
I'm pretty new to CLI on Ubuntu, so just let me know if there is other relevant information I should post
server 18.04 display hdmi
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Sounds like the adapter is faulty. Did you try it on a different device? Are you sure it is a VGA->HDMI converter and not HDMI->VGA?
– danzel
yesterday
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I have an old Toshiba laptop from 2008 on which I have installed ubuntu server 18.04. The built in laptop screen is cracked, so I had it connected to a VGA monitor for a while and it worked fine. I wanted to connect it to my TV, so I bought a VGA to HDMI display converter, but when I use that converter, the TV doesn't receive any input. VGA to HDMI shouldn't require any additional drivers, so does anyone know what could be going on?
xrandr output:
Can't open display
lshw -c video output:
*-display:0
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 07
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
resources: irq:16 memory:f4000000-f43fffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff ioport:1800(size=8) memory:c0000-dffff
*-display:1 UNCLAIMED
description: Display controller
product: Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1
version: 07
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:f4400000-f44fffff
I'm pretty new to CLI on Ubuntu, so just let me know if there is other relevant information I should post
server 18.04 display hdmi
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I have an old Toshiba laptop from 2008 on which I have installed ubuntu server 18.04. The built in laptop screen is cracked, so I had it connected to a VGA monitor for a while and it worked fine. I wanted to connect it to my TV, so I bought a VGA to HDMI display converter, but when I use that converter, the TV doesn't receive any input. VGA to HDMI shouldn't require any additional drivers, so does anyone know what could be going on?
xrandr output:
Can't open display
lshw -c video output:
*-display:0
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 07
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
resources: irq:16 memory:f4000000-f43fffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff ioport:1800(size=8) memory:c0000-dffff
*-display:1 UNCLAIMED
description: Display controller
product: Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1
version: 07
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:f4400000-f44fffff
I'm pretty new to CLI on Ubuntu, so just let me know if there is other relevant information I should post
server 18.04 display hdmi
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Sounds like the adapter is faulty. Did you try it on a different device? Are you sure it is a VGA->HDMI converter and not HDMI->VGA?
– danzel
yesterday
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Sounds like the adapter is faulty. Did you try it on a different device? Are you sure it is a VGA->HDMI converter and not HDMI->VGA?
– danzel
yesterday
Sounds like the adapter is faulty. Did you try it on a different device? Are you sure it is a VGA->HDMI converter and not HDMI->VGA?
– danzel
yesterday
Sounds like the adapter is faulty. Did you try it on a different device? Are you sure it is a VGA->HDMI converter and not HDMI->VGA?
– danzel
yesterday
add a comment |
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Sounds like the adapter is faulty. Did you try it on a different device? Are you sure it is a VGA->HDMI converter and not HDMI->VGA?
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