Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From:	Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] HDMI-out working?
Date:	Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:58:37
Message-Id:	`49bf44f10909251358y69af3b0erd558f9b866e27c3a@mail.gmail.com`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-user] HDMI-out working? by Paul Hartman

1	>>>> Does HDMI-out on laptops work on Gentoo?
2	>>>
3	>>> Here with a Dell XPS Laptop M1330 and a Nvidia GeForce 9400M GS, it works fine
4	>>> with nvidia-drivers just plug it, and all its ok :)
5	>>
6	>> Thank you. I'm planning on getting a laptop with the Intel GMA
7	>> 4500MHD. I thought HDMI had some type of "copy protection" built in
8	>> in some way, so I was thinking it might not work with Linux.
9	>
10	> You're probably thinking of HDCP which is copy-protection that
11	> requires both ends (video card and monitor/TV) support HDCP (=paid
12	> Intel for a license). HDMI is one of several connection formats that
13	> supports HDCP.
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15	Exactly, that was it.
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17	- Grant