Difference between revisions of "How to get TV-Out working on ATI graphic cards"
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This HOWTO should help you enable TV-Out support on your ATI Radeon or ATI Rage based ThinkPad. | This HOWTO should help you enable TV-Out support on your ATI Radeon or ATI Rage based ThinkPad. | ||
| − | == | + | ==Using the GATOS driver== |
| − | ===XFree86=== | + | ===Getting the driver=== |
| + | ====XFree86==== | ||
Get the latest version of the [http://gatos.sf.net GATOS] ati.2 driver for your version of XFree86. | Get the latest version of the [http://gatos.sf.net GATOS] ati.2 driver for your version of XFree86. | ||
The ati.2 driver is a replacement for the one provided with the respective XFree86 distribution. | The ati.2 driver is a replacement for the one provided with the respective XFree86 distribution. | ||
| − | ===Xorg=== | + | ====Xorg==== |
For Xorg the ati.2 drivers are already contained within the latest releases. Just copy them to the given directories. | For Xorg the ati.2 drivers are already contained within the latest releases. Just copy them to the given directories. | ||
| − | == XServer configuration file == | + | === XServer configuration file === |
The documentation for the driver explains, that you have to add a line to the device section of your graphics adapter: | The documentation for the driver explains, that you have to add a line to the device section of your graphics adapter: | ||
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* PAL-60 | * PAL-60 | ||
| − | ==ThinkPads this has been successfully tested on== | + | ===ThinkPads this has been successfully tested on=== |
*ThinkPad {{A30p}} | *ThinkPad {{A30p}} | ||
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| + | ==Using atitvout== | ||
| + | ... | ||
Revision as of 00:26, 16 August 2005
This HOWTO should help you enable TV-Out support on your ATI Radeon or ATI Rage based ThinkPad.
Contents
Using the GATOS driver
Getting the driver
XFree86
Get the latest version of the GATOS ati.2 driver for your version of XFree86. The ati.2 driver is a replacement for the one provided with the respective XFree86 distribution.
Xorg
For Xorg the ati.2 drivers are already contained within the latest releases. Just copy them to the given directories.
XServer configuration file
The documentation for the driver explains, that you have to add a line to the device section of your graphics adapter:
Option "TVOutput" "YYY"
where YYY is replaced by the desired video norm. Options are:
- NTSC
- NTSC-J
- PAL
- PAL-CN
- PAL-M
- PAL-N
- PAL-60
ThinkPads this has been successfully tested on
- ThinkPad A30p
Using atitvout
...
