hdmi working

[magorian]

>> magorian wrote: So the Parallella hdmi applies screen blanking but the monitor only shows "Not Optimum mode: recommend 1920x1280".
> shodruk wrote: Parallella's screen resolution is 1024x768 for now, so you have to use a monitor that supports 1024x768. Please try to boot without connecting HDMI,
> then connect HDMI after booting.

Well, given the extreme fragility of the uHDMI and uUSB connectors used with stiff adaptors, that seems like a recipe for tearing them out (one key/mon uUSB already tore off the board and I wasn't pushing the adapter cable hard). Connecting the hdmi after booting, one board has frozen text output on the uHDMI and the other nothing, so I would say that my uHDMI output seems nonfunctional in the stock release out of the box, and you have to use ssh and vnc.

Dan

[shodruk]

Sometimes it requires several retries.
I'm using an HDMI switcher and an USB switcher. (selecting another channel during booting)
Please consider using these items.
They are very convenient.

[aolofsson]

We are working on the HDMI issue, agree that it should boot out of the box without issues. This is a high priority.

Are you saying one of the connectors on the Parallella broke? Can you post a picture? We probably have 1000 inserts at this point and haven't seen a problem, but if there is a problem we need to fix it quickly!

Thanks,
Andreas

[shodruk]

I don't think this is a HDMI issue, because it works very stable (including HDMI and USB devices) once it boots correctly.
Probably this is a boot sequence issue.

[magorian]

moving broken connector discussion to a new thread.

I will try using an hdmi/usb switcher for testing, tho it drives my costs for supplying clusters to the researchers up by almost $200 8-<

Dan

[shodruk]