Good morning,
I have a serious problem: I have to connect my computer (Ubuntu / Kde Plasma 22.04) to an EPSON projector (PT-LW373 WXGA) via VGA cable + HDMI adapter, as soon as connected the image appears projected for 4-5 seconds and then goes out, after 10 seconds it reappears and goes out again, cyclically. I wouldn't call it a flickering, but rather as if the automatic recognition is not stable. I am now using the proprietary NVidia drivers (I have a GP108M - GEForce MX250) (but the problem also stays with the Xsever-xorg nouveau).
Being so unstable, I cannot see in detail what are the parameters set by the system for the projector (resolution / Hz ...), looking around it could be due to the fact that linux does not read the EDID correctly (but I did not understand what it is).
Unfortunately, I do not have access (7/24) to the projector because it is in a room where I have to teach. So I can't stand to try various solutions or advice right away. If anyone has an idea, on Wednesday I will try to solve the problem. (I also thought about changing the cable, it seems that sometimes it may be that, even if the projector is only seen for 5 seconds).
some data of my system:
~\ >>> sudo lshw -C display
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: WhiskeyLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics 620]
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
logical name: /dev/fb0
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pciexpress msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom fb
configuration: depth=32 driver=i915 latency=0 resolution=1920,1080
resources: irq:139 memory:64000000-64ffffff memory:40000000-4fffffff ioport:7000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff
*-display
description: 3D controller
product: GP108M [GeForce MX250]
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: a1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
resources: irq:148 memory:65000000-65ffffff memory:50000000-5fffffff memory:60000000-61ffffff ioport:6000(size=128) memory:66000000-6607ffff
~\ >>> inxi -G
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel WhiskeyLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics 620] driver: i915 v: kernel
Device-2: NVIDIA GP108M [GeForce MX250] driver: nvidia v: 515.65.01
Device-3: Chicony HD Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting,nvidia unloaded: fbdev,nouveau,vesa gpu: i915
resolution: 3440x1440~50Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (WHL GT2)
v: 4.6 Mesa 22.0.5
~\ >>> nvidia-smi
Mon Oct 31 15:17:56 2022
+---------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 515.65.01 Driver Version: 515.65.01 CUDA Version: 11.7 |
|-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| GPU Name Persistence-M| Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap| Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. |
| | | MIG M. |
|===============================+======================+======================|
| 0 NVIDIA GeForce ... Off | 00000000:01:00.0 Off | N/A |
| N/A 38C P8 N/A / N/A | 4MiB / 2048MiB | 0% Default |
| | | N/A |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
+---------------------------------------------+
| Processes: |
| GPU GI CI PID Type Process name GPU Memory |
| ID ID Usage |
|=============================================================================|
| 0 N/A N/A 1480 G /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg 4MiB |
+---------------------------------------------+