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    XPS 1530 HDMI out

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by phish, Jan 10, 2008.

  1. phish

    phish Notebook Consultant

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    Hey I am trying to use the HDMI out on my XPS 1530 to my TV. I unplugged the HDMI cable from my satellite box and plugged it into my XPS 1530 and set the tv to HDMI input, but my TV says no signal...any idea how to get it to work?

    By the way, I am running Ubuntu 7.10
     
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    phish Notebook Consultant

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    can anyone help me out?
     
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    John B Notebook Prophet

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    1- Cross posting (posting the same thing across multiple forums) is not allowed.
    2- Wait at least 24 hours before bumping.
    Forum rules
     
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    Did you switch the output by pressing Fn+F8 ? If it doesn’t work, then take a look at this thread.
     
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  5. phish

    phish Notebook Consultant

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    thanks a lot, i got it to go to the TV but it is way to big for my screen...do I just lower the resolution on my laptop?
     
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    The easiest thing to do for me and my dual monitor setup, was to use the graphical nVidia configuration tool for linux, nvidia-settings. Works great (I'm using the 169.07 Linux drivers, BTW), and it lets you configure your video setup like using the nVidia control panel on Windows. The bonus is that once you have things configured the way you like it, you can save the configuration to your xorg.conf file.

    Good Luck..
     
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    Hmm I am new to linux, so I still don't get how would I get it to fit my TV screen? I would love to play CS:S on my 42" TV in high def, thatd be so cool
     
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