[ltp] Connecting T23 to TV

[Alex Deucher]

On 9/14/06, Timothy Murphy <tim@birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie> wrote:
> The screen on my T23 just died.
> (It suddenly went black, and hasn't recovered after several re-boots.)
>
> The computer seems to be working perfectly, apart from the screen.
> Fortunately, I set it to log into my Linux account on booting,
> and I can access the T23 from my desktop without difficulty.
>
> Now I'm wondering if I can get the output on a TV
> without too much trouble?
> What connectors exactly do I require?
> Will I need to modify xorg.conf ?
>
> I guess the ATI Radeon video card might have died,
> but I assume that is unlikely?
>

T23 is savage based, not radeon.  probably the cable to your LCD
monitor broke or became disconnected or your backlight went out.  Does
toggling fn-F7 during boot help?  If you want to enable tv-out, you
can use s3switch to enable tv-out or in your xorg.conf add:
Option "TvOn" "TRUE"
to the device section.

Alex

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