Monitor is detected but doesn’t display anything | Linux Mint Community🍵 | Page 1

blissful tulip May 27, 2025, 5:45 PM

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I’m back here again with a new issue

I got a monitor connected to my laptop via HDMI but nothing is displayed onto the monitor. Js a black screen

fierce pendant May 27, 2025, 6:32 PM

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is it a black screen or no output? two different things

blissful tulip May 27, 2025, 6:54 PM

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Can you elaborate

fierce pendant May 27, 2025, 6:59 PM

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open terminal

inxi -SMGxxxz
upload

blissful tulip May 27, 2025, 7:04 PM

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I’ll reply later if you don’t mind

blissful tulip May 28, 2025, 11:55 AM

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📎 message.txt

blissful tulip May 29, 2025, 9:12 AM

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Okay

fierce pendant May 30, 2025, 5:02 AM

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it doesn't even seem to list a hdmi screen. can you check with a different cable? did it work before?

blissful tulip May 30, 2025, 1:58 PM

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I tried two different hdmi cables

blissful tulip May 30, 2025, 2:17 PM

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What the

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Now it is working
Idk what I did or how I did it but I js connected the monitor to the laptop and it js works

ocean pier May 30, 2025, 4:31 PM

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Sometimes you need to activate the port, power cycle the screen or plain reboot before it decides to work. Nice to hear it does work.

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