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		KptMarchewa on March 11, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Let’s redesign the laptop for a work-from-home era >I got a lenovo with linux (maybe linux is at fault) where hdmi through usb-c causes all sorts of issues. What issues? I'm literally writing this answer on LG CX connected through USB-C -> HDMI on TV. `-> % swaymsg -t get_outputs Output DP-1 'Goldstar Company Ltd LG TV SSCR 0x00000101' (focused) Current mode: 3840x2160 @ 60.000000 Hz`

anotheryou on March 12, 2021 [–]

I forgot the details. One of the issues was some audio via hdmi that went to sleep and caused a system crash. I think I even fixed that but still had the monitor go black sometimes and lost the will to try to fix it.

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