<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=us-ascii" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> On 10/07/09 03:23, Jin, Gordon wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:10C63FAD690C13458F0B32BCED571F14026DDCC186@pdsmsx502.ccr.corp.intel.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Harold Fuchs wrote on Thursday, July 09, 2009 2:30 AM: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Hello, I'm a newbie to Linux but I have used Unix in the past although not as a sysadmin. I just bought a new Acer 5738Z laptop which came with Windows Vista. I have configured it to dual boot Vista and Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid). If I boot into Vista I can watch streamed live TV (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer">www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer</a>) on the laptop's screen *and* on my LCD TV via an HDMI cable. If I boot into Ubuntu I can watch the same streamed live TV on the laptop's screen but the TV shows nothing; just a blank screen. I assume that Ubuntu is missing some driver. Oh, on Vista I used Internet Explorer but on Ubuntu I used Firefox 3.0.11 but I don't *think* that's the problem. Or ???? </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> Not related. </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">I did 'sudo lspci -vv' to a file. The results (I edited out what I think are the non-relevant parts) are appended. I found your web site (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://intellinuxgraphics.org/">http://intellinuxgraphics.org/</a>) and tried to find a driver that matches my hardware but, possibly because I'm a complete ignoramus in these matters, I have no real idea what I'm looking at/for. None of the serial numbers on the web site *seem* to match any of my lspci output. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> Your chipset is GM45. </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Is there a driver that I can install that will let Ubuntu find the HDMI-attached TV? Do I need separate drivers for sound and vision? Which one(s)? </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> The current Intel driver supports HDMI. You may try a newer Ubuntu repo like 9.04 or even better 9.10. The HDMI audio driver support should be in kernel 2.6.30. Gordon </pre> </blockquote> Gordon, Thank you for your reply. I upgraded to Ubuntu 9.04 (kernel 2.6.28-13) and can now *sometimes* get a picture on my HDMI TV. When I do get a picture, the laptop's screen is distorted or more than fills the screen. If I unplud the HDMI cable the laptop's screen stays distorted and, therefore, rather difficult to manage because menus etc. are off the screen. I have not been able to find a reproducible procedure for displaying anything on the TV. I have *never* been able to get sound. Any sound I do get only comes out of the laptop's speakers. I'm a bit puzzled about your reference to Ubuntu 9.10 because it seems that isn't due till October (see, for example <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/22/ubuntu_karmic_koala/">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/22/ubuntu_karmic_koala/</a>) ??? Please help. As I said, I'm a complete novice with Ubuntu so words of one syllable please :-) Harold Fuchs London, England </body> </html>