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Re: external vga + ibook2 [OpenFirmware command?]



On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 01:14:54PM +0100, Santiago Fernandez wrote:
> By the way, is TV output supported  in new iBooks (the one with the M7
> chip)?

AFAIK no. There is a atitvout program but it relies on a BIOS call which
is of course x86 specific.

> External VGA works great (once linux  has detected the monitor), but I
> can not get TV output working although XFree (4.2.1) detects the TV.

Nice. Could you describe a little what you are able to do? Is it
mirroring (same thing on the external VGA and the LCD)? Or dual head?
Is there something to add in the X config file to drive an external
monitor? I have no experience with this.

Thanks,
Christophe

> P.S. Yes, I'm  talking about the iBook rev2.2 (not  TiBook). I'm using
> the Apple Video Adapter with S-Video & Composite Video outputs.

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