>>>> Does HDMI-out on laptops work on Gentoo? >>> >>> Here with a Dell XPS Laptop M1330 and a Nvidia GeForce 9400M GS, it works >>> fine >>> with nvidia-drivers just plug it, and all its ok :) >> >> Thank you. I'm planning on getting a laptop with the Intel GMA >> 4500MHD. I thought HDMI had some type of "copy protection" built in >> in some way, so I was thinking it might not work with Linux. > > You're probably thinking of HDCP which is copy-protection that > requires both ends (video card and monitor/TV) support HDCP (=paid > Intel for a license). HDMI is one of several connection formats that > supports HDCP.
Exactly, that was it. - Grant
