[mythtv-users] [DESPARATE] Is anyone using an ATI TVout with Xorg6.8?

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 08:12:20PM +0100, Bene Martin wrote:
> > Well, come along 9.2, and now we've got Xorg 6.8.1, instead.
> > 
> > And there are two ATI driver releases for it: 8.8.25 and 8.10.19.
> > 
> > Both give me the Big Blue Band.
> > 
> > I'm about to rip Xorg out by the roots, and go back to the 4.3.99 that
> > was in 9.1 (which will not be especially pleasant), unless anyone has
> > the magic bullet.  I'll listen happily to suggestions, but I'd really
> > like to hear "Sure; I'm doing this: here's my config file".  :-)
> 
> Ok, here you are:
> 
> Sure, I'm doing this (just watching Return of the King right now :-)),
> ATI 9200SE Graphics Card.
> 
> Driver: I'm using the open source gatos drivers, not ati binaries; the
> binaries at http://mabene.icomedias.com/gatos-stuff/ should work for
> 6.8.1 as well as for 6.8.0.
> 
> Section "Device"
>     Identifier  "ATI Radeon 9200 SE"
>     Driver      "radeon"
>     Option "TVOutput" "PAL"
> EndSection

I copied all my drivers into an "orig" folder, so I wouldn't lose them,
and then copied those binary drivers atop them.

No joy.  The Xserver now doesn't generate a TVout signal that the set
will lock to.  If I ctrl-alt-F1 to the framebuffer console, I'm ok.
Just not on the X screen.

http://bakulanews.dyndns.org:8080/xconf
http://bakulanews.dyndns.org:8080/xlog

Any ideas?

Cheers,
-- jra
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