[ltp] no color: tv-out on R51 with radeon 7500

Alex Deucher linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 7 Jun 2010 00:47:34 -0400


On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 5:17 AM, Florian Dorpmueller
<dorpmueller@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> after upgrading to Ubuntu 10.04 the tv-out only displayes black and white=
.
>
> "xrandr --output S-video --set load_detection 1" gives me
>
> X Error of failed request:=A0 BadName (named color or font does not exist=
)
> =A0 Major opcode of failed request:=A0 149 (RANDR)
> =A0 Minor opcode of failed request:=A0 11 (RRQueryOutputProperty)
> =A0 Serial number of failed request:=A0 29
> =A0 Current serial number in output stream:=A0 29
>
> and
>
> "xrandr --output TV --set TV_FORMAT PAL"
>
> warning: output TV not found; ignoring
> X Error of failed request:=A0 BadRROutput (invalid Output parameter)
> =A0 Major opcode of failed request:=A0 149 (RANDR)
> =A0 Minor opcode of failed request:=A0 15 (RRGetOutputProperty)
> =A0 Serial number of failed request:=A0 28
> =A0 Current serial number in output stream:=A0 28
>

Under kms, the attributes are:
"load detection" and "tv standard"
and load detection defaults to on.  Also, the the output name is S-video no=
t TV.
e.g.,
xrandr --output S-video --set "tv standard" pal
You can use xrandr --verbose to print out the attribute names and
potential values.

Alex