[GLLUG] xorg on ATI 9250 w/s-video

[Karl Schuttler]

If I remember properly, you need to device sections specifying the
same busID. Google would probably be more helpful, though.

On 5/7/08, Scott Webster Wood <treii28 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Does anyone have any experience with configuring s-video ports on ATI
> graphics cards?  I've been trying to get mine working with no luck.  I
> can't even seem to see it with atitvout:
>
> # atitvout -r tvout
> Forcing Radeon/Rage 128 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!
> #
>
> Same
> result without -r.  I've tried more configurations than I care to
> remember - nothing even caused so much as a flicker on the s-video.
> The card is a pci based card and lspci shows it as follow:
>
> 00:09.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO] (rev 01)
> 00:09.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO] (Secondary) (rev 01)
>
> Here's
> the relevant stuff from my current config.  I've also tried the 'vesa'
> driver on the second device (for the s-video) with no luck.  I've also
> tried fglrx and tried detecting/controlling the s-video using fglrx's
> accompanying aticonfig utility - nada! (I couldn't even get fglrx to bring up the main display - tried both the fedora version and the one from the ati website)
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
> ---------------------------
> Section "ServerLayout"
>        Option      "Clone" "on"
>        Identifier     "Multihead layout"
>        Screen      0  "CRT" LeftOf "LCDTV"
>        Screen      1  "LCDTV" 0 0
>        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
>        Option      "Xinerama" "off"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Files"
>        ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
> EndSection
>
> Section "ServerFlags"
>        Option      "DefaultServerLayout" "Multihead layout"
>        Option      "AIGLX" "on"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>        Identifier   "CompaqP110"
>        VendorName   "Compaq"
>        ModelName    "P110 Color Monitor"
>        HorizSync    30.0 - 107.0
>        VertRefresh  48.0 - 160.0
>        Option       "DPMS"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>        UseModes "HDTV"
>        Identifier   "LCDTV"
>        VendorName   "Syntax"
>        ModelName    "Olevia LT23HVX"
>        HorizSync    30.0 - 83.0
>        VertRefresh  56.0 - 75.0
>        Option       "DPMS"
>        Option       "XVideoBlitterSyncToVBlank" "0"
>        Option       "XVideoTextureSyncToVBlank" "0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>        Identifier  "ATI9200Pro"
>         #Driver    "fglrx"
>        Driver      "radeon"
>        VendorName  "ATI"
>        BoardName   "ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO] (Secondary)"
>        Option      "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
>        Option      "VideoOverlay" "on"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>        Identifier  "ATI9200Pro2"
>        #Driver    "vesa"
>         #Driver    "fglrx"
>        Driver      "radeon"
>        VendorName  "ATI"
>        BoardName   "ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO] (Secondary)"
>        Option      "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
>        Option      "VideoOverlay" "on"
>        BusID       "PCI:0:9:1"
>        Screen      1
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>        Identifier "CRT"
>        Device     "ATI9200Pro"
>        Monitor    "CompaqP110"
>        DefaultDepth     24
>        SubSection "Display"
>                Viewport   0 0
>                Depth     24
>
>              Modes    "1600x1200" "1600x1024" "1440x900" "1400x1050"
> "1360x768" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1280x768" "1280x720"
> "1152x864" "1152x768" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400"
> "640x480" "640x400" "640x350"
>        EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>        Identifier "LCDTV"
>        Device     "ATI9200Pro2"
>        Monitor    "LCDTV"
>        DefaultDepth     24
>        SubSection "Display"
>                Viewport   0 0
>                Depth     24
>                Modes    "1024x768" "848x480" "800x600" "720x576" "720x480" "640x480"
>        EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
>
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