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TheCoop
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 Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 8:02 pm Post subject: Getting tvout working on ati M9/10 laptops |
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i had great problems getting atitvout working on my laptop, until I figured out that I couldnt clone the laptop desktop, due to the strange resolutions (pal has a max res of 800x600). You can get a seperate desktop using the following options in xorg.conf:
| Code: | Section "Monitor"
Identifier "LVDS"
HorizSync 31.5 - 87.7
VertRefresh 30 - 80
Option "DPMS"
UseModes "4:3"
UseModes "16:10"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "TV"
HorizSync 31.5 - 68.7
VertRefresh 60 - 85
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
# === ATI device section ===
Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Graphics Adapter"
Driver "fglrx"
# ### generic DRI settings ###
# === disable PnP Monitor ===
#Option "NoDDC"
# === disable/enable XAA/DRI ===
Option "no_accel" "no"
Option "no_dri" "no"
# === misc DRI settings ===
Option "mtrr" "off" # disable DRI mtrr mapper, driver has its own code for mtrr
# ### FireGL DDX driver module specific settings ###
# === Screen Management ===
#0x00001000 - clone
Option "DesktopSetup" "0x00000000"
Option "MonitorLayout" "LVDS, STV"
Option "IgnoreEDID" "off"
Option "HSync2" "31.5 - 68.7"
Option "VRefresh2" "60 - 85"
Option "ScreenOverlap" "0"
# === TV-out Management ===
Option "NoTV" "no"
Option "TVStandard" "PAL-I"
Option "TVHSizeAdj" "0"
Option "TVVSizeAdj" "0"
Option "TVHPosAdj" "0"
Option "TVVPosAdj" "0"
Option "TVHStartAdj" "0"
Option "TVColorAdj" "0"
Option "GammaCorrectionI" "0x00000000"
Option "GammaCorrectionII" "0x00000000"
# === OpenGL specific profiles/settings ===
Option "Capabilities" "0x00000000"
# === Video Overlay for the Xv extension ===
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
# === OpenGL Overlay ===
# Note: When OpenGL Overlay is enabled, Video Overlay
# will be disabled automatically
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
# === Center Mode (Laptops only) ===
Option "CenterMode" "off"
# === Pseudo Color Visuals (8-bit visuals) ===
Option "PseudoColorVisuals" "off"
# === QBS Management ===
Option "Stereo" "off"
Option "StereoSyncEnable" "1"
# === FSAA Management ===
Option "FSAAEnable" "yes"
Option "FSAAScale" "2"
Option "FSAADisableGamma" "no"
Option "FSAACustomizeMSPos" "no"
Option "FSAAMSPosX0" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY0" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosX1" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY1" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosX2" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY2" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosX3" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY3" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosX4" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY4" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosX5" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY5" "0.000000"
# === Misc Options ===
Option "UseFastTLS" "0"
Option "BlockSignalsOnLock" "on"
Option "UseInternalAGPGART" "no"
Option "ForceGenericCPU" "no"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0" # vendor=1002, device=4e50
Screen 0
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "tvout port"
Driver "fglrx"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 1
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "ATI Graphics Adapter"
Monitor "LVDS"
DefaultDepth 24
#Option "backingstore"
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
ViewPort 0 0 # initial origin if mode is smaller than desktop
Virtual 1680 1050
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "tvout port"
Monitor "TV"
DefaultDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Server Layout"
Screen "Screen0"
Screen "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
<input devices>
EndSection
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The only problem, is that for me the driver didnt set PAL mode properly, but atitvout does. Therefore add this to /etc/conf.d/local.start if you need pal instead of ntsc:
And you should get a seperate screen on your tv (well I did anyway, ymmv)
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thanks. now i have it working also. But in order to get the colors working I had to turn the desktopmode into "Laptop mode".
I just wish there was a better way to do this (like tv-out in nvidia). and i can't figure out how to change to the other screen (the only way i know now is to use mplayer w/ -display :1.1).
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the other display (two-display mode) should be :0.1, and you can move to it just by moving your mouse off the screen...
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| TheCoop wrote: | | the other display (two-display mode) should be :0.1, and you can move to it just by moving your mouse off the screen... |
I wish it was that easy  . And the display is :1.1. It has a separate X running on it and switching doesn't work with the mouse or ctrl+alt+fn.
I'll have to try and make tv-out work without the "Screen" -definition. That way xorg.conf doesn't need to be changed everytime I want to use the TV.
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Any progress in this?
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With the current ati-drivers I have (8.16.20) the TV-out works as a clone if it detects that the TV is connected. I tried using other modes than clone, but it didn't work. However I don't like this setup because watching a movie requires resizing it to the TV-resolution (800x600) on my laptop and it also means I can't use the laptop while the movie is playing.
That is why normally when I use the tv, I get out of X and do this:
| Code: | | $ startx -- -layout TVOut |
This starts the tv as another desktop which functions just like TheCoop had described it (the behaviour changed with the drivers.. at some point the two displays were separate X-displays, but now they're connected). In xorg.conf I have pretty much the same as TheCoop has, but the serverlayout-section is named "TVOut"
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For the PAL setting problem there's a typo problem, it should be :
Option "TVFormat" "PAL-I"
"TVStandard" is used to set the connector and is one of {VIDEO, SCART, YUV}
I use a similar dualhead config that what is posted here, with TV on :0.1 and I launch mplayer/xine in this display when I want to play a movie on the TV. |
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