marcrob Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 Hi All, I'm linux newbie using mandriva 2006 free on dell 600m laptop. I have ATI Moblity Radeon 9000 video card. I was wondering if there is a way connecting my laptop to TV using the s-video cable in Mandriva 2006. Which i often do in windows xp. Thanks in advance Marc Linux Newbie [moved from Software by spinynorman] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYinYeti Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 Welcome on board :) I don't have an answer for you. TV-Out works if the driver allows it, and I don't know ATI drivers. However, this URL may help you get started: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/tvout.html Else I hope someone else reading this link will know how to better help you. Yves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavaeolus Posted June 17, 2006 Report Share Posted June 17, 2006 I think you have a s-video-capable TV-out on your notebook, so my best bet would be just plug in a TV and look if you get a picture on the TV if it does not, there is a rpm called atitvout in the contribs section, while this was originally build for ati rage mobility cards it may work with radeon cards, too (at least the documentation in the package says so), it is a small command-line tool that lets you set and/or check the tv-out, maybe you can look in /proc/acpi/video/VGA/ if there is a folder TV, which should contain at least the files brightness, EDID, info, state, then your system seems at least to have detected your TV-OUT maybe there needs some configuration in your X.org.conf to be done, at least the v4l (video4linux) module should be in your x.org.conf That's how mine looks (automatically configured, nothing edited by me at the moment), the modelines for TV should be of interest # File generated by XFdrake. # ********************************************************************** # Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of # this file. # ********************************************************************** Section "Files" # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) # By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of # the X server to render fonts. FontPath "unix/:-1" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" #DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort) AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse does not work #DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching) EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension Load "v4l" # Video for Linux Load "extmod" Load "type1" Load "freetype" Load "synaptics" Load "glx" # 3D layer Load "dri" # direct rendering EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard1" Driver "keyboard" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "de(nodeadkeys)" Option "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "SynapticsMouse1" Driver "synaptics" Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "MinSpeed" "0.09" Option "MaxSpeed" "0.18" Option "BottomEdge" "4200" Option "SHMConfig" "on" Option "FingerLow" "25" Option "LeftEdge" "1700" Option "MaxTapMove" "220" Option "MaxTapTime" "180" Option "FingerHigh" "30" Option "VertScrollDelta" "100" Option "TopEdge" "1700" Option "AccelFactor" "0.0015" Option "RightEdge" "5300" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "monitor1" VendorName "Generic" ModelName "Flat Panel 1400x1050" HorizSync 31.5-90 VertRefresh 59-75 # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output. # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630 # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616 # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake] ModeLine "1400x1050_120" 262.44 1400 1520 1672 1944 1050 1051 1054 1125 -HSync +Vsync # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake] ModeLine "1400x1050_100" 214.39 1400 1512 1664 1928 1050 1051 1054 1112 -HSync +Vsync # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake] ModeLine "1400x1050_85" 179.26 1400 1504 1656 1912 1050 1051 1054 1103 -HSync +Vsync # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake] ModeLine "1400x1050_75" 155.85 1400 1496 1648 1896 1050 1051 1054 1096 -HSync +Vsync # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake] ModeLine "1400x1050_60" 122.61 1400 1488 1640 1880 1050 1051 1054 1087 -HSync +Vsync # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake] ModeLine "1400x1050_50" 99.88 1400 1480 1624 1848 1050 1051 1054 1081 -HSync +Vsync EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "device1" VendorName "ATI" BoardName "ATI Radeon (fglrx)" Driver "ati" Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "screen1" Device "device1" Monitor "monitor1" DefaultColorDepth 24 Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Virtual 1400 1050 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 15 Virtual 1400 1050 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Virtual 1400 1050 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Virtual 1400 1050 EndSubsection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "layout1" InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" InputDevice "SynapticsMouse1" "AlwaysCore" Screen "screen1" EndSection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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