

HDMI TO USB ADAPTER DRIVER
These can be connected to USB3.1 and provide display output, but are typically far more expensive than the simple USB-C alt mode cables, and require DisplayLink driver software installed on the computer.

There's adapters out there with DisplayLink chips, that acts as a graphic cards over USB.

So in short: your laptop can't do video over USB-C. Lsusb confirms that what you have is an adapter cable, and not a USB device, as it doesn't show up in lsusb.

In the output above, from my laptop (Thinkpad A285), there's one HDMI port and two USB-C DP Alt mode ports. Your device will probably show an internal port and a HDMI port. HDMI-A-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)ĭisplayPort-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)ĭisplayPort-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 16384 x 16384ĮDP connected primary 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 276mm x 156mm It will output a list of ports, and USB-C DP Alt Mode will show up as Displayport: $ xrandr You can confirm what output devices you have by running xrandr. Your laptop does not support DP Alt mode according to the manual:ĭP Alt mode is required to use the adapter style you have found, and more recent hardware typically supports it. USB Receiverīus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Lsusb output: Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hubīus 001 Device 004: ID 174f:116a Syntek Eas圜ameraīus 001 Device 003: ID 0cf3:e500 Qualcomm Atheros Communicationsīus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:c539 Logitech, Inc. Info: Processes: 251 Uptime: 23m Memory: 11.48 GiB used: 2.61 GiB (22.7%) Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.4.0 OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.2.6 direct render: Yes Graphics: Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 620 vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0ĭevice-2: NVIDIA GM108M vendor: Lenovo driver: nouveau v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0ĭisplay: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: modesetting,nouveau,nvidia unloaded: fbdev,vesa tty: N/A Mobo: LENOVO model: Cairo 5A v: SDK0J40688 WIN serial: UEFI : LENOVO v: 4WCN26WW date: ĬPU: Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i7-7500U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Amber Lake rev: 9 L2 cache: 4096 KiBįlags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 bogomips: 23199 Machine: Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 80YH v: Lenovo ideapad 320-15IKB serial: I bought the adaptor CHOETECH HUB-H12 and it does not display video when connecting the HDMI cable, i have also tested with other adapters (dell) and it does not work.
