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XBMC (or rather libcec) only supports CEC in a couple of HDMI controllers.

I would like a way to work out what HDMI / CEC controller is installed in a machine from the command line.

This is the machine I am looking at right now as an example, but I am looking for a general solution that would work for any machine from linux:

System Information
        Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
        Product Name: EB1012P

Perhaps a utility that can probe an HDMI controller to work out its capabilities?

Here is lspci:

$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Atom Processor D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx DMI Bridge (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation NM10 Family LPC Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 02)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [ION] (rev a2)
02:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
03:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 06)
05:00.0 USB controller: NEC Corporation uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 03)
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  • Does it show up in the output of lspci?
    – fpmurphy
    Dec 27, 2012 at 23:30
  • @fpmurphy lspci added to question
    – Paul
    Dec 27, 2012 at 23:35
  • lshw might also be useful.
    – stephanmg
    Jul 31, 2020 at 14:42

1 Answer 1

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cec-client -l

  1. Install(debian/ubuntu)

    apt-get install cec-utils libcec-dev
    
  2. Run

    cec-client -l
    

    This will list all cec device on the system. If there is no CEC supporting device, cec-client -l will return Found devices: NONE, which is correct.

    Please keep in mind that most PC video card (Nvidia, AMD) do not support CEC(see PS2,PS3). The one known(have clear documentation/specification) GPU that support CEC is VideoCore, found in Raspberry Pi.

    PS1: libcec-dev is needed on Ubuntu 12.04 for cec-client to function correctly.

    PS2: Base on online forum post, Nvidia (GF, GT(ION), GTX) never claim to support CEC, nor deny. Nvidia website has no info about CEC. It basically don't say anything regarding this. I just take that as a "NO".

    PS3: For few AMD PDF DOC that mention CEC, it is clearly stated that it is not supported.

xrandr --prop (This may or may help, my video card don't have cec to verify)

Following is a sample output

#xrandr --prop
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 2560 x 1024, maximum 8192 x 8192
VGA1 connected 1280x1024+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 376mm x 301mm
    EDID:
        00ffffffffffff0010ac194050435341
        281101030e261e78eeee95a3544c9926
        0f5054a54b00714f8180010101010101
        010101010101302a009851002a403070
        1300782d1100001e000000ff00434333
        3838374136415343500a000000fc0044
        454c4c20313930374650560a000000fd
        00384c1e510e000a20202020202000d9
   1280x1024      60.0*+   75.0  
   1152x864       75.0  
   1024x768       75.1     60.0  
   800x600        75.0     60.3  
   640x480        75.0     60.0  
   720x400        70.1  
HDMI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
    Broadcast RGB:  Full
        supported: Full         Limited 16:2
    audio:  auto
        supported: off          auto         on          
DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
    Broadcast RGB:  Full
        supported: Full         Limited 16:2
    audio:  auto
        supported: off          auto         on          
HDMI2 connected 1280x1024+1280+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 376mm x 301mm
    EDID:
        00ffffffffffff0010ac204045375241
        2811010380261e78eeee95a3544c9926
        0f5054a54b00714f8180010101010101
        010101010101302a009851002a403070
        1300782d1100001e000000ff00434333
        3838374136415237450a000000fc0044
        454c4c20313930374650560a000000fd
        00384c1e510e000a2020202020200090
    Broadcast RGB:  Full
        supported: Full         Limited 16:2
    audio:  auto
        supported: off          auto         on          
   1280x1024      60.0*+   75.0  
   1152x864       75.0  
   1024x768       75.1     60.0  
   800x600        75.0     60.3  
   640x480        75.0     60.0  
   720x400        70.1  
DP2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
    Broadcast RGB:  Full
        supported: Full         Limited 16:2
    audio:  auto
        supported: off          auto         on          
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  • None of the previous commands worked for me. cec-client -l returned Found devices: NONE. sudo xrandr --prop didn't return any relevant info: xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default Screen 0: minimum 1920 x 1080, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 1920 x 1080 default connected 1920x1080+0+0 0mm x 0mm 1920x1080 0.0* Jan 24, 2013 at 16:13
  • Do you have cec function on that device? I filed to find any cec info on Nvidia GT218 from the web.
    – John Siu
    Jan 24, 2013 at 16:23
  • I don't know. That's why I'm looking for such a command. The device also has a nVidia ION 2 GT218. Jan 24, 2013 at 16:28
  • Quoting from [wikipedia]: CEC wiring is mandatory, although implementation of CEC in a product is optional.[57] It was defined in HDMI Specification 1.0 and updated in HDMI 1.2, HDMI 1.2a and HDMI 1.3a (which added timer and audio commands to the bus). So the pin and wire must be there, actual function may not. So it is possible that GT218 actually do not have cec support.
    – John Siu
    Jan 24, 2013 at 16:35
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    I knew this kind of device, but since OpenELEC natively supports HDMI-CEC on my Raspberry Pi, I was wondering if my HTPC could do the same. Anyway, thanks for your time and your attempt to awser the question. Jan 24, 2013 at 16:54

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