[TV-Out] PAL works via randr, but not via xorg.conf
Gustavo Narea
me at gustavonarea.net
Fri Jul 31 10:43:37 PDT 2009
Hello, everyone.
I have a Dell Inspiron 6400 laptop which uses the Intel driver on Ubuntu 9.04.
As usual, its S-Video port is configured to use NTSC by default, which makes
output in European TV sets to be in black and white.
I managed to get color with the following boring process:
1.- Disable the TV output (e.g., Fn+F8).
2.- Run `xrandr --output TV --set TV_FORMAT PAL`.
3.- Re-enable the TV output (e.g., Fn+F8).
But it's quite annoying and thus I'm searching for a way in which PAL is used
by default. I've tried to get this in my xorg.conf file, but I've had no luck.
This is what I'm using:
>Section "Device"
> Identifier "Configured Video Device"
> Driver "intel"
> Option "TV_Format" "PAL"
># Option "TV Format" "PAL"
># Option "TVOutput" "PAL"
> Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
> Option "MonitorLayout" "TV,LFP"
># Option "TVStandard" "PAL"
> Option "ConnectedMonitor" "TV"
> Option "PreferredMode" "800x600"
>EndSection
>
>Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Configured Monitor"
>EndSection
>
>Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Default Screen"
> Monitor "Configured Monitor"
> Device "Configured Video Device"
>EndSection
I've set some options ("TV_Format", "TV Format", "TV-Format", "TVOutput" and
"TVStandard") to "PAL", but nothing happens and I get this in
/var/log/Xorg.0.log:
>gustavo at paris:~$ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep -i TV
>(II) intel(0): Output TV has no monitor section
>(II) intel(0): Output TV connected
>(II) intel(0): Output TV using initial mode 1024x768
>(WW) intel(0): Register 0x68080 (TV_FILTER_CTL_1) changed from 0x80000a75 to
> 0x800010bb (WW) intel(0): Register 0x68084 (TV_FILTER_CTL_2) changed from
> 0x00017878 to 0x00028283 (WW) intel(0): Register 0x68088 (TV_FILTER_CTL_3)
> changed from 0x0000bc3c to 0x00014141 (II) intel(0): Output TV is
> connected to pipe A
>(WW) intel(0): Option "TV_Format" is not used
>(WW) intel(0): Option "TVOutFormat" is not used
What should I put in /etc/X11/xorg.conf for PAL to work out-of-the-box and
thus get color?
Thanks in advance!
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