[i810] Connecting a TV using the i915GM's SVideo output

[Gautam Iyer]

On Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 09:39:34PM +0100, Alan Hourihane wrote:

> > I've a laptop with an i915GM chip. My laptop has a VGA output and an
> > SVideo output. With the 1.7.2 i810 driver, Xinerama / multihead work
> > perfectly with the VGA output, but I can't get the SVideo output to
> > work at all.
> > 
> > Has anyone on this list with a 915GM successfully managed to connect a
> > TV to their computer using the SVideo output?
> 
> Have you tried connecting the TV at boot time ?

Yep! Makes no difference.

> Otherwise, you might want to try adding the option "DevicePresence" to
> see if it detects the TV.

My TV is detected (though DevicePresence sometimes causes a crash). My
Xorg.0.log claims that the TV is present.

However nothing I do is shown on the TV. I've tried Xinerama, seperate
screens, clone, etc. I've also tried all possible values to the
MonitorLayout option.

If you think it's a possible driver problem, I can post all my config
and log files when I get home and try this. Have you successfully been
able to get the TV working?

Thanks,

GI

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