[ltp] Using TV out on a T42p

[Alex Deucher]

On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 11:08:07 +0100, Marc MERLIN <marc_ltp@merlins.org> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> So, I've done a fair amount of reading on the subject, including this
> list's archives.
> 
> What I found so far, as that I can use atitvout t to get a text console
> displayed on the TV screen
> After that, I can actually use mplayer -vo vesa to play video.
> Except that it requires an NTSC set, since atitvout pal won't work for
> me (bad VBE call)
> 
> Has anyone had luck running an X server in vesa mode at that point to
> get X on the TV output? (if so, would you mind sending me your
> XF86Config/xorg.config separately?)
> 
> Can this be done in addition to running a separate 1600x1200 accelerated
> X server on my LCD? (i.e. run a separate TV only X server)
> 
> Now, I've also had to switch from some XFree 4.4 cvs build that was the
> only thing I could run at the time to get 1600x1200 working on that
> (--) Chipset ATI FireGL Mobility T2 (M10) NT (AGP) found
> 
> It had a few problems, like dodgy xv support, and would crash on 3d
> apps, so I upgraded to X.org 6.8.1-0.4 (debian). This works great, but
> I don't think it supports TV out.
> 
> So, if I understand correctly, my options are:
> 
> - fglrx from ATI, except that:
>   - it won't work with X.org 6.8.1 from what I hear
>   - it doesn't support ACPI S3 and S4 (suspend to Ram and Disk) from
>     what I read either.
>   Is that still true?
> 
> - http://gatos.sourceforge.net/theater_out.php
>   No idea about this one. I'll try this next, although if it works or
>   doesn't work for you, please let me know.
> 
> Thanks
> Marc

The open source beos radeon driver supports tv-out and the code could
be ported to xorg, someone just has to do it.

Alex