Need to connect laptop s-video to tv s-video input..using Intel 965GM
Anyone know how? Thanks.
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use an s-video cable perhaps?
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LOL....Obviously I have tried that already, or I would not be here. There is more to it than just plugging in the cable. You need to tell the computer to switch over to the svideo jack and an external TV from the VGA Lcd monitor. How is that done??
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I use xrandr to switch video outputs on my Intel 945GM based laptop, that should work for you, check the xrandr man page for specific directions.
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Indeed, additionally you may need to adjust your "Device" section in /etc/X11/xorg.conf to include the various outputs of your video card, mine looks something like this:
Code:
Section "Device" HTH |
I get an error that S-video does not exist???
Do I have to set something else up? "cannot find output s-video"
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Please post your entire /etc/X11/xorg.conf
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/etc/X11/xorg.conf
# /.../
# SaX generated X11 config file # Created on: 2008-03-03T17:35:21-0500. # # Version: 8.1 # Contact: Marcus Schaefer <sax@suse.de>, 2005 # Contact: SaX-User list <https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/sax-users> # # Automatically generated by [ISaX] (8.1) # PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE! # Section "Files" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/local" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/URW" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/PEX" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/Type1" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/japanese:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/kwintv" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/uni:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/CID" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/Type1" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xtest" FontPath "/opt/kde3/share/fonts" InputDevices "/dev/gpmdata" InputDevices "/dev/input/mice" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "on" EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" Load "type1" Load "freetype" Load "extmod" Load "glx" Load "dri" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Driver "kbd" Identifier "Keyboard[0]" Option "Protocol" "Standard" Option "XkbLayout" "us" Option "XkbModel" "microsoftpro" Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Driver "synaptics" Identifier "Mouse[1]" Option "Buttons" "5" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on" Option "InputFashion" "Mouse" Option "Name" "Synaptics;Touchpad" Option "Protocol" "explorerps/2" Option "SHMConfig" "on" Option "Vendor" "Sysp" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Driver "mouse" Identifier "Mouse[3]" Option "Buttons" "5" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Name" "ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse" Option "Protocol" "explorerps/2" Option "Vendor" "Sysp" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "Monitor" DisplaySize 331 207 HorizSync 30-62 Identifier "Monitor[0]" ModelName "CP041 LCD MONITOR" Option "DPMS" VendorName "SEC" VertRefresh 43-60 UseModes "Modes[0]" EndSection Section "Modes" Identifier "Modes[0]" Modeline "1280x800" 83.46 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 828 Modeline "1280x800" 69.75 1280 1328 1360 1440 800 803 809 823 +HSync -Vsync EndSection Section "Screen" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "1280x800" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1280x800" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x800" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1280x800" EndSubSection Device "Device[0]" Identifier "Screen[0]" Monitor "Monitor[0]" EndSection Section "Device" BoardName "965 GM" BusID "0:2:0" Driver "intel" Identifier "Device[0]" Option "monitor-LVDS" "Monitor[0]" Option "SaXDualHSync" "31-48" Option "SaXDualHead" "" Option "SaXDualMode" "Clone" Option "SaXDualMonitorModel" "1024X768@60HZ" Option "SaXDualMonitorVendor" "--> VESA" Option "SaXDualOrientation" "LeftOf" Option "SaXDualResolution" "1024x768" Option "SaXDualVSync" "50-60" Option "SaXExternal" "Identifier&EXT+VertRefresh&50-60+HorizSync&31-48+PreferredMode&1024x768+VendorName&--> VESA+ModelName&1024X768@60HZ" Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true" VendorName "Intel" EndSection Section "Monitor" HorizSync 31-48 Identifier "EXT" ModelName "1024X768@60HZ" Option "PreferredMode" "1024x768" VendorName "--> VESA" VertRefresh 50-60 EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Layout[all]" InputDevice "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Mouse[3]" "SendCoreEvents" Option "Clone" "off" Option "Xinerama" "off" Screen "Screen[0]" EndSection Section "DRI" Group "video" Mode 0660 EndSection Section "Extensions" EndSection /e |
Wow thats a messy xorg.conf
have you tried "xrandr --output EXT --auto" ? |
When I plug in my s-video cable and connect to the tv
Then do a "xrandr -q", It shows "TV Connected" on the list. How come I do not see the output on the TV? How do I get my laptop to switch the output to the TV which shows as connected? Thanks
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xrandr --output TV --auto
or xrandr --output TV --preferred |
OK....tried that.
I get an error of: cannot find crtc for output TV
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Must be someone who knows how to make it work
When I connect the cable it shows up as connected, but no video shows on the TV. I have lots of info posted here. Thanks
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