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Re: Bug#378594: xserver-xorg-video-ati: Can't get Radeon 7500 / Mobility M6 / RV200 TV out working



On Tue, 2006-07-18 at 23:56 +0200, Vedran Furač wrote:
> 
> Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > On Mon, 2006-07-17 at 13:33 -0400, Mark Carroll wrote:
> >> Package: xserver-xorg-video-ati
> >> Version: 1:6.5.8.0-1
> >> Severity: normal
> >>
> >> I have a Thinkpad R40 2681-5UU with a 
> >> ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M6 LY
> >>
> >> I can't get output to the TV working properly.
> > 
> > That's right, the driver doesn't support TV out yet.
> 
> Could you please use this patch:
> 
> http://shell.world-net.co.nz/~knightw/tvout/
> http://megahurts.dk/rune/tv_output.html
> 
> and maybe upload the package to experimental?

I'd prefer if this was handled upstream. On a quick glance, it looks
like this is still rather hackish and not suitable for inclusion though.
Just as some examples, TV out should be handled the same way as the
other output types, and I don't think Xv attributes is the right
solution for the TV settings.


-- 
Earthling Michel Dänzer           |          http://tungstengraphics.com
Libre software enthusiast         |          Debian, X and DRI developer



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