[mythtv-users] Radeon 9600 Component to CRT TV [SOLVED]

[Henry Fleischmann]

chris at cpr.homelinux.net wrote:

>On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 06:12:21PM -0500, Henry Fleischmann wrote:
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>>Section "Device"
>>        Identifier  "ATI Graphics Adapter 0"
>>        Driver      "fglrx"
>>        Option      "(null)"
>>        Option      "TVFormat" "NTSC-M"
>>        Option      "TVStandard" "VIDEO"
>>        Option      "ForceMonitors" "nocv"
>>        Option      "VideoOverlay" "on"
>>        Option      "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
>>        BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
>>EndSection
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>Where do you get the fglrx driver?  Are all the options documented in a
>README somewhere?
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It's the proprietary ATI driver. More info here: 
http://www.ati.com/products/catalyst/linux.html

On my gentoo system, I did this to install:

# emerge ati-drivers ati-drivers-extra (installs drivers and control panel)
# env-update (just to be safe)
# source /etc/profile (just to be safe)
# nano -w /etc/modules.autoload/kernel-2.6 (make sure fglrx driver gets 
loaded at boot)
add line "fglrx"
# modules-update (adds fglrx module to system)
# modprobe fglrx (load driver)
# eselect opengl set ati (switches to ati opengl)
# reboot (shouldn't need this but I do it to be safe)
# aticonfig --initial --tvf=NTSC-M --hsync=31.5 --resolution=640x480 
--tvs=VIDEO --force-monitor=tv --overlay-type=Xv 
--output=/etc/X11/xorg.conf (this creates initial xorg.conf using TV out 
only, man aticonfig for your options)
# startx
# fgl-glxgears (Test to see if hardware accel is on)
# fireglcontrol (control panel)

Hope this helps.