Re: S-Video and Dell Inspiron 8000
Hi Fabian,
thanx for your tips, I should have noted that I have the
ATI Rage Mobility 128 graphic chipset, simply forgot that there
are 2 versions of I8000.
I've scaned all entries on www.linux-laptop.net as well as the
linux-dell-laptops list on egroup.net.
It seems that no one has got S-Video running with the ATI chip
set.
matthias
On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 10:35:18AM +0200, Fabian Fagerholm wrote:
> 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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