[vox-tech] Ubuntu 10.10 S-video out on Dell Inspiron 1525 ???

[Rod Roark]

On 03/13/2011 04:23 PM, Bill Kendrick wrote:
> Per my follow-up from the other day, when I use 'krandr' now, instead
> of "TV-1" not being accessible at all, now it shows me "TV-1" as
> connected when the S-video is plugged in.  So that's progress!
>
> However, the TV itself still doesn't show anything, even when I configure
> TV-1 (e.g., 800x600).
>
> -bill!

If it helps, here's the xorg.conf that I use with a low-end
nvidia card sending s-video to an older TV:

Section "ServerLayout"
     Identifier     "Layout0"
     Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
     InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
     InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
     Identifier     "Mouse0"
     Driver         "mouse"
     Option         "Protocol" "auto"
     Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
     Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
     Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
     Identifier     "Keyboard0"
     Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
     Identifier     "Monitor0"
     VendorName     "Unknown"
     ModelName      "TV-0"
     HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0
     VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
     Identifier     "Device0"
     Driver         "nvidia"
     VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
     BoardName      "GeForce4 MX 4000"
     BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
     Identifier     "Screen0"
     Device         "Device0"
     Monitor        "Monitor0"
     DefaultDepth    24
     Option         "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
     Option         "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
     SubSection     "Display"
         Depth       24
         Modes      "640x480"
     EndSubSection
EndSection