[ltp] TV-out monitor parameters

Mario Limonciello linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:47:17 -0400


Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I'm playing with ati fglrx drivers and trying to setup a dual-head 
>config. My goal is to display the DVD's I play on my TP42 on my plain 
>old TV Screen. Some garbage shows up on my TV but I can't find the 
>correct values for my XF86Config-4 Monitor Section:
>
>Section "Monitor"
>    Identifier  "TVScreen"
>    HorizSync   15-50
>    VertRefresh 40.0-60.0
>EndSection
>
>Does anyone know what HorizSync, VertRefresh, ModeLine, etc. should be 
>used for an old plain color TV ?
>
>thanks.
>
>  
>
I personally never had luck getting TV out to work with my laptop and
fglrx.  I fumbled with modelines and refresh rates for quite some time
before coming to the conclusion that it could just be broken in this
fglrx release.  If you have luck I would love to hear of it.

Mario