[ltp] T42p and TV-Out

[Nick Bower]

I tried all that also, but it simply won't work for me either.  I got
the feeling all the suggested solutions where about getting atitvout to
*detect* the tv (which they helped in doing), but the VBE error being
reported was something different.  I could be wrong.

I've sort of given up until I can upgrade the X-Server to the merged
gatos drivers in XOrg 6.8.2+ and try again.

On Tue, 2004-11-02 at 00:27, Konstantin Filtschew wrote:
> hi,
> 
> try to search this list, this was discussed one or two weeks ago.
> 
> You have to go to suspend(disk/ram) or turn you notebook off, then you have tu plug your S-Video Cabel in and turn your notebook on, then atitvout -f t might work. You have to do this turn off/on stuff, because the linux guys don't know how to activate this on the run, ati don't tell it.
> 
> If you have x.org >=6.8.0, you have to disable "dri" in your x.org conf, with dri it won't work.
> 
> Greetz
> 
> Konstantin
> 
> 
> On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 22:38:31 +0100
> Lukasz Wiechec <lwiechec2@o2.pl> wrote:
> 
> > Did anyone make T42p S-Video output working? I've tried to track the solution on
> > google and all of the sites suggest using 'atitvout' utility, but in my case I
> > can't get it working. When I try to switch to TV output I get:
> > 
> >  poppy:/home/luke# atitvout -f t
> >  Forcing Rage Mobility/Rage 3D Pro LT mode
> >  VBE call failed.
> >  Maybe this command is not supported by your graphics adapter?
> >  Did your parameters (if you specified some) really make sense?
> >  Please try all other available commands before complaining!
> > 
> > I tried to change the resolution to 1024x768 and 800x600 using 'xrandr' utility
> > _before_ invoking 'atitvout' -- and I still get that message.
> > 
> > I'm using T42p 2373; Debian unstable with XFree86 and fglrx display drivers, no
> > GL.
> > 
> > Anybody got this working? I was thinking about turning my laptop into portable
> > MAME "console" :-)
> > 
> > -- 
> > L.
> > 
> 
> 
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