[ale] Fwd: HDMI out from lubuntu box to jvc television

[DJ-Pfulio]

a) On my similar MB, #3 is the HDMI output. Purging pulseaudio makes all
this much clearer.

b) KODI (really OSMC) using a R-Pi v2 pushing a 100in projector does
completely rock! It has been running non-stop about 4 months. No paid
codecs necessary, unless video is hidef and mpeg2 encoded. h.264 video
at any resolution is fine without the paid codec.

c) My G3258 is a NAS, Calibre, Plex Server with Kodi and many addons.
Usually headless, but connected to a KVM switch.

d) For $99, this CPU and MB were a bargain 7 months ago. Add a quad-port
NIC and it would make a VERY powerful pfsense router easily able to run
IPS/IDS tools as well for a small business.

e) The USB3 performance is excellent without impacting anything else on
the machine. Other systems here (core i5) all-but lock up when USB3 is used.

f) The G3258 supports both VT-x and VT-d, for those that want a cheap
entry into low-end virtualization. I am  not using those capabilities.
Should easily handle 5-10 small VMs based on the performance numbers.
35W of peak power use, but normally less even w/3 internal HDDs.

g) Can be overclocked by 1Ghz using the stock cooler. Never tried it.

h) Only downside is the obtuse EFI BIOS. Still takes me about 4 boots to
hit the magic keys to gain access. I'm using legacy boot, but it has
UEFI, which is the part I find too complex. Spent an entire morning
looking for a way to enable S.M.A.R.T. HDD data. Never found the
setting. Finally checked the disks inside the OS - it was enabled already.

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Sorry - just really find this CPU+MB to be AWESOME! All in a microATX.


On 10/24/2015 10:13 PM, Byron Jeff wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 01:02:04PM -0400, DJ-Pfulio wrote:
>> I have the same CPU and similar H81 MB (gigabyte).
>> Check that pulseaudio is not muted - or just purge it from the system.
>>
>> Had the same issue here last week after patching. No other changes were
>> made.
> 
> I finally solved it. The Intel MB shows three HDMIs which show up as three
> subdevices (3,7,8). 8 is the valid device for the HDMI connected to the TV.
> 
> Alsa selects the lowest subdevice, which is #3 as the default. It is
> silent.
> 
> I finally found a page that indicates that the pulse device can be
> redirected using pavucontrol->Configuration and selecting a profile for
> HDMI that isn't showing disconnected.
> 
> I'm not sure if it's permanent, but for now kodi running on the big screen
> on the wall is pretty awesome.
> 
> BAJ
> 
>>
>> For setting the resolution after-the-fact, something like:
>> $ xrandr --output DFP2 --mode 1280x720
>>
>> Can be used.  Run xrandr without options to see the monitors and modes.
>> This can be put into the autostart file for lubuntu too.
>>   ~/.config/openbox/autostart
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10/20/2015 10:54 AM, Byron Jeff wrote:
>>> William,
>>>
>>> Not sure how to fix the video resolution. I wanted to chime in with my own
>>> lubuntu/HDMI problem. Specifically sound.
>>>
>>> I finally put myself together a quiet, cheap desktop:
>>>
>>> Intel Pentium G3258
>>> Asrock H81M-HDS MB
>>> 16 GB Ram
>>> Samsung 240GB SSD
>>> Lubuntu 14.04.3 LTD
>>>
>>> HDMI works fine at the proper resolution. However, no luck with sound via
>>> HDMI. pulseaudio always shows the HDMI as being disconnected.
>>>
>>> ALSA shows multiple SPDIFs for the internal Intel HDMI device. None are
>>> muted.
>>>
>>> GoogleFu was not strong enough to solve this problem. So if anyone has
>>> any suggestions, I would be very appreciative.
>>>
>>
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