[ltp] Using S-video out with R40 & Ubuntu

[Alex Deucher]

On 4/9/07, Mark T.B. Carroll <mark@ixod.org> wrote:
> Michael Powell <mlp@fewpb.net> writes:
>
> > I am looking for a little assistance in getting the S-video out port working
> > on my Thinkpad R40 with Ubuntu.  I have installed the atitvout package, which
> > is supposed to work with debian, as suggested per this site:
> > http://www.geocities.com/tivarsson/linux.html.  Because I am in the US, I
> > have been using the 'ntsc' command, instead of 'pal'.
>
> I also have the Radeon Mobility M6 LY on my R40: IMLE atitvout worked
> fine with XFree86 but not with X.Org. (In various ways, the latter was
> actually a downgrade for me. ):)
>

Unfortunately, the radeon driver has never supported tv-out.  atitvout
is a vbe hack that may or may not work on your hardware.

Alex