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Old 03-14-2008, 04:12 PM   #1
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S-Video on a SiS chipset


Hello,

I'm having problems of getting my TV output work on my laptop, I would like to use it as some sort of a DVD player to watch movies on the big screen.

So I've bought the S-Video to S-Video cable and plugged it in, ran sisctrl the SiS Control Utility and started configuring the xorg. I've tried both, the MergedFB mode and the Dual Head, none work, I just get a black screen on the TV.

This is the whole display/monitor/device section of the xorg.conf:
Quote:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "My Monitor"
HorizSync 31.5 - 50.0
VertRefresh 40-90
Gamma 1.000 1.000 1.000
EndSection


Section "Device"
Identifier "VESA Framebuffer"
Driver "sis"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 0
Option "EnableSiSCtrl" "yes"
Option "ForceCRT1Type" "VGA"
Option "ForceCRT2Type" "LCD"
Option "CRT2Gamma" "on"
Option "Brightness" "0.000 0.000 0.000"
Option "Contrast" "0.000 0.000 0.000"
Option "XvOnCRT2" "yes"
Option "XvDefaultContrast" "2"
Option "XvDefaultBrightness" "10"
Option "XvDefaultHue" "0"
Option "XvDefaultSaturation" "0"
Option "XvDefaultDisableGfxLR" "no"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor2"
Gamma 1.000 1.000 1.000
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "GFX2"
Driver "sis"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 1
Option "EnableSiSCtrl" "yes"
Option "CRT1Gamma" "on"
Option "Brightness" "0.000 0.000 0.000"
Option "Contrast" "0.000 0.000 0.000"
Option "CRT1Saturation" "0"
Option "XvDefaultContrast" "2"
Option "XvDefaultBrightness" "10"
Option "XvDefaultHue" "0"
Option "XvDefaultSaturation" "0"
Option "XvDefaultDisableGfxLR" "no"
Option "XvGamma" "off"
EndSection


Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "VESA Framebuffer"
Monitor "My Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24

Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x800" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 2"
Device "GFX2"
Monitor "Monitor2"
DefaultDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubsection
EndSection


Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Simple Layout"
Screen "Screen 1" rightof "Screen 2"
Option "Xinerama" "on"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
I've googled A LOT and didn't find anything helpful. Maybe some of you know what to do.
 
Old 03-15-2008, 08:52 AM   #2
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Problem fixed.
The cable was a bit damaged and it works in dual head mode.
 
  


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