Hi -

I need to get S-Video output to multiple ATI 9200 adapter cards on SuSE Linux.
The built-in SuSE radeon drivers can't/won't output to S-Video; the (binary
only) drivers provided by ATI won't handle more than one card.

So I thought I'd try the tv_output patch on http://gatos.sourceforge.net.

For which I needed to download and build Xorg.

I did the following:

0. I did *not* uninstall my existing SuSE X windows: neither "YaST2"
or "rpm -e" would let me uninstall.

1. Downloaded and unpacked xorg-x11-6.8.99.15.tar.bz2:
<= SUCCESSFUL

2. Downloaded and installed the tv_output patch:
gunzip -c /distrib/gatos/xorg_CVS-20050420-tv_output.patch.gz | \
patch -p1 -d xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/ati
<= PATCH INSTALLED SUCCESSFULLY: NO ERRORS/NO WARNINGS

3. Built the Xorg binaries:
(as normal user) mkdir xc-build; cd xc-build; lndir ../xc
make World > make.err
<= APPEARED TO BE SUCCESSFUL

4. Installed the Xorg binaries:
(as root) make install
<= THIS, TOO, APPEARED OK

5. Tried to run "configure"
(as root) cd /usr/X11R6/bin
./Xorg -configure =>
dlopen: /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/r128_drv.so: undefined symbol:
gR128EntityIndex
(EE) Failed to load /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/r128_drv.so
(EE) Failed to load module "r128" (loader failed, 7)
dlopen: /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/atimisc_drv.so: undefined symbol:
ATIMemoryTypeNames_88800CX
(EE) Failed to load /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/atimisc_drv.so
(EE) Failed to load module "atimisc" (loader failed, 7)
dlopen: /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/apm_drv.so: undefined symbol: XvRTPort
(EE) Failed to load /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/apm_drv.so
(EE) Failed to load module "apm" (loader failed, 7)
dlopen: /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/newport_drv.so: undefined symbol:
XAAFallbackOps
(EE) Failed to load /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/newport_drv.so
(EE) Failed to load module "newport" (loader failed, 7)
(++) Using config file: "/root/xorg.conf.new"
(WW) RADEON: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:2:1:1) found
(WW) RADEON: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:2:2:1) found
(WW) RADEON: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:2:3:1) found
(WW) ****INVALID IO ALLOCATION**** b: 0xc800 e: 0xc900 correcting
(WW) ****INVALID IO ALLOCATION**** b: 0xc400 e: 0xc500 correcting
(WW) ****INVALID IO ALLOCATION**** b: 0xc000 e: 0xc100 correcting

6. Tried to test
./X -config /root/xorg.conf.new
<= THIS KILLED THE HOST (ENTIRE PC LOCKED UP)

Help?

Thank you in advance .. Paul Santa Maria

PHEwwwww this is a huge task!

Check out the docs in gentoo for compiling xorg. They do have some of the best info floating around. My suggestion would be reinstall your xorg not 6.8.99-15 but 6.8.2! Have one stable system. I have tried to compile xorg myself and it is no easy feat. If you wish to persist and you have a hard drive partition free install a Suse system on it to compile and test your newly compiled xorg out. If it breaks your system, no big drama. Once you get a fully working system, then recompile xorg on your stable system.

I hope this is not too confusing.

Cheers