Acer Nitro 5 AN515-52 Linux - HDMI output for external monitor

kaustav95
kaustav95 Member Posts: 1 New User
edited November 2023 in 2019 Archives
I have an Acer Nitro 5 AN515-52 with i7 8750H, 8GB RAM, Nvidia 1050TI and 1TB HDD with 16GB IntelOptane.

I have installed Ubuntu 18.04. I had to first boot up with nomodeset in grub (before quite splash) otherwise it freezes after login screen. I have installed latest nvidia drivers (390 although it shows 430 but as open source) after which it boots up fine. But, when I see the details in settings, it's still showing Intel Graphics. I type nvidia-smi in the terminal which gave this output:
NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running.
I am having trouble getting the hdmi output to my external monitor. xrandr doesn't show any HDMI connection as well. HDMI works well while using Ubuntu USB live stick and in windows too so I'm sure that the issue is not with HDMI port.

Any help is appreciated.

Answers

  • JackE
    JackE ACE Posts: 44,330 Trailblazer
    Are you using wayland desktop? Jack E/NJ

    Jack E/NJ

  • omegawave
    omegawave Member Posts: 3 New User
    try switching graphics from terminal by issuing command
    sudo prime-select nvidia
    

    then try connecting hdmi if it works tell me then I will tell you the way to configure it.
    Also please mention if you are using bumblebee ?