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ATI TV-OUT working

post #1 of 4
10/11/05 at 8:14pm
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Hello,

I have finaly got video out (tv-out) working on my asus z70v with an ATI x600. I am using Gentoo but it should work with any distro.

The trick is, use the up to date drivers from www.ati.com.
Download the file ati-driver-installer-8.16.20-i386.run and run it
Run fglrxconfig to set up your xorg.conf file.

Reboot your computer.

If you have an s-video connected while you boot your computer and the tv is on, you will get a picture on both your lcd and the tv.

Have fun.

Sly
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post #2 of 4
10/11/05 at 8:40pm
sucks that the latest ati drivers have shitty widescreen resolutions. so i am still using the older version.
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post #3 of 4
10/11/05 at 11:02pm
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I'm using my laptop at 1680x1050 which is widescreen. I simply added it to the xorg.conf file.

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "ATI Graphics Adapter"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
#Option "backingstore"

Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1680x1050" "1280x800" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0 # initial origin if mode is smaller than desktop
# Virtual 1280 1024
EndSubsection
EndSection


Sly
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post #4 of 4
10/11/05 at 11:36pm
been there done that. it has a lot to do with the screen. my lappy has a samsung (or is it siemens) screen that is not read correctly by the latest drivers. you are one of the lucky ones with the readable screen.
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