[ltp] T42p and TV-Out

[Konstantin Filtschew]

hi,

try to search this list, this was discussed one or two weeks ago.

You have to go to suspend(disk/ram) or turn you notebook off, then you have tu plug your S-Video Cabel in and turn your notebook on, then atitvout -f t might work. You have to do this turn off/on stuff, because the linux guys don't know how to activate this on the run, ati don't tell it.

If you have x.org >=6.8.0, you have to disable "dri" in your x.org conf, with dri it won't work.

Greetz

Konstantin


On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 22:38:31 +0100
Lukasz Wiechec <lwiechec2@o2.pl> wrote:

> Did anyone make T42p S-Video output working? I've tried to track the solution on
> google and all of the sites suggest using 'atitvout' utility, but in my case I
> can't get it working. When I try to switch to TV output I get:
> 
>  poppy:/home/luke# atitvout -f t
>  Forcing Rage Mobility/Rage 3D Pro LT mode
>  VBE call failed.
>  Maybe this command is not supported by your graphics adapter?
>  Did your parameters (if you specified some) really make sense?
>  Please try all other available commands before complaining!
> 
> I tried to change the resolution to 1024x768 and 800x600 using 'xrandr' utility
> _before_ invoking 'atitvout' -- and I still get that message.
> 
> I'm using T42p 2373; Debian unstable with XFree86 and fglrx display drivers, no
> GL.
> 
> Anybody got this working? I was thinking about turning my laptop into portable
> MAME "console" :-)
> 
> -- 
> L.
> 


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