Hi,
I have an IBM T23 Running Slackware 12.0. When I issue the command "s3switch tv" to get(S-Video)out, the tv comes up fine. The problem is the out put is larger than the actual screen. the Tv shows about 1/2 to 2/3 of the out put. I'll attach my /X11/xorg.conf file.

Thank you in advance,
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# **********************************************************************
# Monitor section
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of monitor sections may be present

Section "Monitor"

Identifier "My Monitor"

# HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified.
# HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.

HorizSync 31.5 - 50.0

# HorizSync 30-64 # multisync
# HorizSync 31.5, 35.2 # multiple fixed sync frequencies
# HorizSync 15-25, 30-50 # multiple ranges of sync frequencies

# VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified.
# VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.

VertRefresh 40-90

EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor 1" #TV
HorizSync 30-60
VertRefresh 60

Endsection

# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of graphics device sections may be present

#Section "Device"
#Identifier "VESA Framebuffer"
#Driver "vesa"
#VideoRam 4096
# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
#EndSectiona

Section "Device"
Identifier "Savage"
Driver "savage"
Screen 0
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Savage 1"
Driver "savage"
#BusID "PCI:01:00:00
Screen 1
Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "TV"
Option "Clone"
#Option "TvOn" "TRUE"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of screen sections may be present. Each describes
# the configuration of a single screen. A single specific screen section
# may be specified from the X server command line with the "-screen"
# option.
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 0"
#Device "VESA Framebuffer"
Device "Savage"
Monitor "My Monitor"

# If your card can handle it, a higher default color depth (like 24 or 32)
# is highly recommended.

# DefaultDepth 8
# DefaultDepth 16
DefaultDepth 24
# DefaultDepth 32

# "1024x768" is also a conservative usable default resolution. If you
# have a better monitor, feel free to try resolutions such as
# "1152x864", "1280x1024", "1600x1200", and "1800x1400" (or whatever your
# card/monitor can produce)
#Section "Screen"
# Identifier "Screen 0"
#Device "VESA Framebuffer"
# Device "SuperSavage IX/C"
# Monitor "My Monitor"
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection

EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "Savage 1"
Monitor "Monitor 1"
DefaultDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection

EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# ServerLayout sections.
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of ServerLayout sections may be present. Each describes
# "-layout" option. In the absence of this, the first section is used.
# When now ServerLayout section is present, the first Screen section
# is used alone.

Section "ServerLayout"

# The Identifier line must be present
Identifier "Simple Layout"

# Each Screen line specifies a Screen section name, and optionally
# the relative position of other screens. The four names after
# primary screen name are the screens to the top, bottom, left and right
# of the primary screen. In this example, screen 2 is located to the
# right of screen 1.

Screen "Screen 0"
Screen "Screen 1" RightOf "Screen 0"

# Each InputDevice line specifies an InputDevice section name and
# optionally some options to specify the way the device is to be
# used. Those options include "CorePointer", "CoreKeyboard" and
# "SendCoreEvents".

InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

EndSection

Try setting your max resolution on Monitor 1 (the TV, I presume) to 640X480 if it's a standard CRT television

That did not help,

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Problem solved


With the help of Alex Deucher we now have the correct screen size on the TV out.
His Web Page is; http://www.botchco.com/alex/new-savage/html

According to his instructions, I resized the laptop screen to 640x480 (using "right click" on desktop) and then called "s3switch tv" in terminal and there it was.

Here is his explanation of how or why it works;

"Right. As I said savage tv-out is limited to 640x480 (NTSC) or 800x600 (PAL). If your desktop is larger than that the tv will only display a subset of the larger image. if you want to display the whole image, change your desktop to match the size of the tv-out using xrandr for example."
Alex

Hope this helps someone else;
digger