[ltp] TV out using ATI binary drivers (fglrx) on a T41p

[Robert Svoboda]

* Konstantin <mailoperator@uni.de> [2004-06-07 21:20]:
> hi,

hello,

> atitvout -f t 
> 
> works as only solution for me. Got a Radeon 7500 in my T40,
> no chance to run the fglrx drivers :(

are you using radeon or vesa driver? Could you please post
relevant parts of your X configuration? Did you do anything
else to make it working?

I have tried many things, but only success is garbled b/w
image where I can see some pieces of my desktop moving around.

I've got Radeon 7500, R40.

> On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 19:50:55 +0100
> Tony Whitmore <tonywhitmore@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> 
> > Julien Lamy wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > Did anyone manage to get their TV out working with ATI binary drivers
> > > (fglrx) on a T41p (not sure if the model is important) ? All I can get
> > > is a garbled black and white image on the TV. The atitvout util gives me
> > > a "VBE call failed" for most of the options (only detect and pal seem to
> > > work).
> > > Thanks,
> > 
> > I get similarly unsatisfactory results on my R40. Under Windows all I 
> > get is a black and white image on my TV, regardless of whether I use PAL 
> > or NTSC (my TV can handle both). Under Linux (using the "radeon" XFree86 
> > driver) I get the same "VBE call failed" messages when using atitvout. 
> > I've tried just about everything I can think of, but still no joy :(