[ltp] TV out using ATI binary drivers (fglrx) on a T41p

Konstantin linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 7 Jun 2004 21:10:05 +0200


hi,

atitvout -f t 

works as only solution for me. Got a Radeon 7500 in my T40, no chance to run the fglrx drivers :(

Anyone using the fglrx driver with a Radeon 7500 ????

Greetz

Konstantin



On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 19:50:55 +0100
Tony Whitmore <tonywhitmore@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:

> Julien Lamy wrote:
> > Hello,
> > Did anyone manage to get their TV out working with ATI binary drivers
> > (fglrx) on a T41p (not sure if the model is important) ? All I can get
> > is a garbled black and white image on the TV. The atitvout util gives me
> > a "VBE call failed" for most of the options (only detect and pal seem to
> > work).
> > Thanks,
> 
> I get similarly unsatisfactory results on my R40. Under Windows all I 
> get is a black and white image on my TV, regardless of whether I use PAL 
> or NTSC (my TV can handle both). Under Linux (using the "radeon" XFree86 
> driver) I get the same "VBE call failed" messages when using atitvout. 
> I've tried just about everything I can think of, but still no joy :(
> 
> Tony
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