s-video connection

marcrob · 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

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theYinYeti · 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.

lavaeolus · 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