From: amuza <amuza@riseup.net>
To: Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>, Joshua Branson <jbranso@dismail.de>
Cc: znavko--- via <help-guix@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Second screen - DisplayPort
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2021 00:44:28 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <44eebe90-4410-2e50-7f6a-ab387eafd0c8@riseup.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f9f738ff-e12f-4180-a311-bbd9826cb7ea@www.fastmail.com>
CPU architecture is x86_64
It is a Lenovo T430.
Please let me know if you need any other info to help me.
Leo Famulari:
> DiaplayPort is a (mostly) display interface standard that is unrelated to HDMI:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisplayPort
>
> Amuza, does Linux register connections to your DisplayPort interface? You can check the output of dmesg.
>
> What kind of CPU architecture are you using? Maybe some kernel config flag needs to be changed.
>
> On Wed, Jun 23, 2021, at 12:27, Joshua Branson wrote:
>> amuza <amuza@riseup.net> writes:
>>
>>> Hello!
>>>
>>> I'm new to Guix system, yesterday I installed it for the first time. I
>>> installed it with i3 and Mate.
>>>
>>> I would like to use my second monitor, but its DisplayPort connection is
>>> not recognized by xrandr. xrandr only shows my own laptop's screen.
>>>
>>> If I connect my second monitor through VGA, xrandr does detect that VGA
>>> connection.
>>>
>>> The DisplayPort connection worked fine with Trisquel, I could use my
>>> second monitor, so I guess it's not an issue on software Freedom.
>>
>> I wish I knew how to help...What's the main difference between HDMI and
>> display port? Does display port allow one to send video and audio down
>> the wire?
>>
>>>
>>> Any suggestion on how to make Guix detect my DisplayPort-connected monitor?
>>>
>>> Thank you!
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Joshua Branson (joshuaBPMan in #guix)
>> Sent from Emacs and Gnus
>> https://gnucode.me
>> https://video.hardlimit.com/accounts/joshua_branson/video-channels
>> https://propernaming.org
>> "You can have whatever you want, as long as you help
>> enough other people get what they want." - Zig Ziglar
>>
>>
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-06-23 9:49 Second screen - DisplayPort amuza
2021-06-23 16:27 ` Joshua Branson
2021-06-23 22:24 ` amuza
2021-06-23 22:37 ` Leo Famulari
2021-06-24 22:33 ` amuza
2021-06-24 22:44 ` amuza [this message]
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