[Intel Ivy Bridge Graphics][8086:0166] No HDMI video output with i915

[Po-Hsu Lin]

CID: 201201-10339 Dell Latitude E6530

With this VGA controller: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Ivy Bridge Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 08)
No HDMI video output on this system.
But with the HDMI cable plugged, the external monitor will wake from idle mode (orange LED -> green LED).

Also, in the system menu -> Display, no external monitor was detected, nothing happened after clicking the "Detect Displays"
HDMI device cannot be seen in the Sound Settings

However, D-Sub works fine.

Xorg log when the HDMI cable was plugged:
[ 1111.253] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "SEC", prod id 21576
[ 1111.254] (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 1111.254] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 138.65 1920 1944 1960 2080 1080 1082 1087 1111 +hsync -vsync (66.7 kHz eP)
[ 1111.254] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 129.50 1920 1944 1960 2408 1080 1082 1087 1344 +hsync -vsync (53.8 kHz e)

No message when the HDMI cable was unplugged.

Xorg log when the D-Sub cable was plugged:
[ 968.580] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "SEC", prod id 21576
[ 968.580] (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 968.580] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 138.65 1920 1944 1960 2080 1080 1082 1087 1111 +hsync -vsync (66.7 kHz eP)
[ 968.580] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 129.50 1920 1944 1960 2408 1080 1082 1087 1344 +hsync -vsync (53.8 kHz e)
[ 968.741] (II) intel(0): Allocated new frame buffer 3840x1080 stride 15360, tiled

Xorg log when the D-Sub cable was unplugged:
[ 981.726] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "SEC", prod id 21576
[ 981.726] (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 981.726] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 138.65 1920 1944 1960 2080 1080 1082 1087 1111 +hsync -vsync (66.7 kHz eP)
[ 981.726] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 129.50 1920 1944 1960 2408 1080 1082 1087 1344 +hsync -vsync (53.8 kHz e)
[ 981.799] (II) intel(0): Allocated new frame buffer 1920x1080 stride 7680, tiled

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: linux-image-3.5.0-23-generic 3.5.0-23.35~precise1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-23.35~precise1-generic 3.5.7.2
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-23-generic x86_64
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.25.
AplayDevices:
 **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: ubuntu 1673 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA:
 country TW:
  (2402 - 2472 @ 40), (3, 27)
  (5270 - 5330 @ 40), (3, 17), DFS
  (5735 - 5815 @ 40), (3, 30)
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xf7e30000 irq 49'
   Mixer name : 'IDT 92HD93BXX'
   Components : 'HDA:111d76df,10280535,00100203 HDA:14f12c06,14f1000f,00100000'
   Controls : 20
   Simple ctrls : 10
Date: Thu Jul 4 10:56:33 2013
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=8ee31955-e727-4041-b013-ddde9c2533a6
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130213)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E6530
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB:
 0 inteldrmfb
 1 nouveaufb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-23-generic root=UUID=81b802b0-1e06-43e7-8c92-b241adf7768c ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-3.5.0-23-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-3.5.0-23-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.79.1
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 09/19/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A06
dmi.board.name: 07Y85M
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: X03
dmi.chassis.type: 9
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA06:bd09/19/2012:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE6530:pvr01:rvnDellInc.:rn07Y85M:rvrX03:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Latitude E6530
dmi.product.version: 01
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

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[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

Found 201208-11458 Dell Inspiron 5423 with the same controller [8086:0166]
 No HDMI audio output too, but the HDMI video output works fine on this system.

Furthermore, HDMI audio output issue could be solved by running update.

I'll verify with 201201-10339 later.

[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

I'll separate the video and audio, since the latter is a greylist item.

[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

For audio part with this controller, please refer to bug 1197740

[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

Verified with 3.5.0-36 and 3.10-saucy kernel.
None of them could get it work.

[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

Information from Ara,
there is a possibility that the HDMI output of this system is directly wired to the nVidia video card,
consequently,no HDMI output with Intel UMA

[Anthony Wong (anthonywong)]

@Po-Hsu, can you try different settings for Optimus in BIOS?

[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

Hello Anthony,
Yes I did, with Optimus turned off, the system will use the discrete video card.
And the HDMI video output works.

So it is why we have this hypothesis in comment #8.