No HDMI output on 5.26

bowens40

I just set up Batocero 5.26 on an HP laptop. Everything went impressively smoothly and I can play games that I’ve loaded, using an XBOX controller.

But when I try to connect to a tv through HDMI there is no video or audio output. The laptop screen continues to show the video. I’ve tried changing the video output to HDMI1 and rebooting. It goes through the initial boot screen on the laptop, then nothing on either screen. I’ve tried different cables (that worked when booting from Windows) and connecting to different inputs on the tv.

I’ve seen fixes to this problem for 5.24 (https://forum.batocera.org/d/3030-hdmi-connection-batocera-5-24) that involve editing /userdata/system/batocera.conf and removing # global.videooutput="". But firstly it states that the problem is fixed in 5.25 (and I would assume 5.26), and secondly, just to be certain, I checked the .conf file and I do not see that line. That said, I’m completely new to this, so maybe I’m just not going to the right place.

Any thoughts? Thanks!!

bowens40

Update: Tried using a VGA cable to connect to an external monitor and that worked, so I tried the same with the tv and it worked too. So not a problem with video out in general, but specifically with HDMI. But as I mentioned before, the HDMI out works fine on that computer when running windows.

Update 2: Just to confirm, I have tried updating, but it says there are no updates. The OPENGL version is 2.1 Mesa 20.0.4. I also connected through ssh to check the xrandr config. I’m having trouble attaching a screenshot here, but it shows the HDMI1 as connected and lists a range of resolutions etc. So I gather it is recognizing the output destination.

Update 3: SOLVED. Turns out I was just blind. Tried opening the config file on my mac through the shared folder so I could do a search for “HDMI” in Textedit. Found and deleted global.videooutput=HDMI1 (which didn’t show up until I went to Video Settings and changed it from auto to HDMI, then reopened the conf file). Rebooted and it displayed on the TV through the HDMI feed.