Re: S-Video and Dell Inspiron 8000
On Tue, 2001-11-27 at 07:33, Matthias Weiss wrote:
> Hi,
> does anybody know how I can activate the S-Video
> port on my Inspiron 8000?
(Lurked this list for only four days, and already I get to answer... :)
The Inspiron 8000 generally ships with either an ATI or NVidia graphics
card. I don't know too much about the ATI variant (nor do I know if it
even has s-video out), but I have the NVidia version myself.
Assuming you have an NVidia GeForce2Go, you need to get (non-free)
drivers from NVidia. Fortunately, these drivers have been packaged for
woody by Randall Donald. So you should apt-get install the following
packages:
nvidia-glx-src
nvidia-kernel-src
Then, read the documentation in /usr/share/doc/nvidia-* (one for each
package) and follow the step-by-step instructions.
After you have X running with the new driver, go to
http://www.nvidia.com/docs/lo/1021/SUPP/README.txt and skim throgh the
text so you'll see what a magnificent job Randall has done :).
Seriously, you want to look at Appendix D where NVidia tells you how to
set different options for the card in your XF86Config(-4), such as
activating the s-video port.
One small note about the driver: In a certain version, you could only
start X once. If you stopped X, and tried to start it again, your
computer would hang. In my setup this no longer happens, but be aware of
this "feature" if it happens. You then need to reboot after running X.
Another good pointer for more info is http://www.linux-laptop.net/
(click the Dell link).
Cheers,
fabbe
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