[ltp] radeon vga out -> tv rgb scart

Alex Deucher linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:00:26 -0400


On 7/23/07, Robert Svoboda <r080@atlas.cz> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have Thinkpad R40 with ATI Radeon 7500 and tried to build
> cable like this:
>
> http://www.idiots.org.uk/vga_rgb_scart/index.html
>
> There's a lot of options you can build this (some other
> links I found http://del.icio.us/r080t/scart) so I'm lost a
> bit.
>
> I used this schematics http://www.root.cz/data/rgb/rgbc.png as
> friend of mine suggested. Unfortunately this doesn't seem to
> work. I was not able to get anything from that.
>
> Have anyone tried this? Does it work for you?

make sure you are using the right interlaced mode.  Also, IIRC, you
may have to set the forceminclock option to force a low enough clock
for the tv.  see that radeon man page.

Alex