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

[Rocky Lichen]

Newer versions of xorg break tv out on the proprietary driver for this card and the free driver doesn't support TV out (as of maybe 6 months ago).  

When I upgraded my Myth box to get the new, in-kernel ivtv stuff, I tried everything to get my Radeon 9600 to do TV out again.  I ended up getting a cheap NVidia card, but if I had it to do over again I would hunt down one of those boxes that converts standard video out to something my TV can use.


--- On Wed, 5/7/08, Scott Webster Wood <treii28 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Scott Webster Wood <treii28 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [GLLUG] xorg on ATI 9250 w/s-video
> To: mdlug at mdlug.org, linux-user at egr.msu.edu, colug432 at colug.net
> Date: Wednesday, May 7, 2008, 9:00 AM
> 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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