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Hi i am installing Xubuntu/Bodhi Linux for older machines that have the following GPUs
#1 HD 2400 Pro (AMD/ATI) VGA/DVI
#2 GF 9600GT (Nvidia) dual DVI
Neither of the 2 have HDMI on them but both have a S-Video to component port (and respective "TV breakout" cables still around!) I also learnt that ATI/Nvidia ancient GPUs have unique cables and one won't work on the other! *gasps*
The only display around currently only has HDMI ports and a component input so i tried the S-Video to component adapters and wow after so many years i am gob smacked they actually work and display with correct colours on the TV!
Thing is the resolution is so low i am struggling to install the above linux distros! How do i get the resolution high enough so that the experience would be better? Is S-Video to component so ancient that this is not in the kernel or something anymore? Do i need to boot the installer in some special mode then edit some config file or something?? Feel free to dumb it down as am a linux newbie haha
There may be a solution. If the HD 2400 is producing less than 1024x768, which IIRC the Xubuntu installer should support well enough since its minimum system requirement is only 800x600, try appending the following to the kernel cmdline of the installer:
Code:
video=1024x768
or if that's not specific enough
Code:
video=DIN-1:1024x768
It's derived from modedb.txt, just in case it needs to be even more specific.
There are many places on the web describing how to append a parameter the the cmdline when booting. This page includes just one of them (in its upper blue highlight box).
The HD 2400 Pro I have can do 1024x768 on its DIN 7:
mrmazda : awesome that was really helpful and am reading up the link you posted ^^ my question also is : the HD 2400 Pro can do 1080i on Windows 10 by installing driver only (skip Catalyst Suite) but is there no linux equivalent driver/solution for 1080i over s-video to component?
is there no linux equivalent driver/solution for 1080i over s-video to component?
I don't believe I've ever had such an adapter, so cannot test. The better way forward is clearly a DVI-to-HDMI cable or adapter, providing superior digital output.
Code:
# inxi -SGxx
System: Host: hpg33 Kernel: 3.16.0-44-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 4.9.1 Desktop: KDE 4.14.1 tk: Qt 4.8.6
wm: kwin dm: KDM Distro: Ubuntu 14.10 (Utopic Unicorn)
Graphics: Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] RV610 [Radeon HD 2400 PRO] vendor: Dell driver: radeon v: kernel
bus ID: 04:00.0 chip ID: 1002:94c3
Display: server: X.Org 1.16.0 driver: ati,radeon unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa alternate: fglrx
resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Gallium 0.4 on AMD RV610 v: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2 compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes
# xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 8192 x 8192
DIN disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DVI-0 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 698mm x 393mm
1920x1080 60.0*+ 60.0 59.9 24.0 24.0
1920x1080i 60.1 60.0
1280x720 60.0 59.9
1024x768 75.1 70.1 60.0
800x600 72.2 75.0 60.3
720x480 60.0 59.9
640x480 75.0 60.0 59.9
720x400 70.1
The HD2400 Pro can actually do better than 1080 if a straight Dual-link DVI cable is used.
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Originally Posted by mrmazda
I don't believe I've ever had such an adapter, so cannot test. The better way forward is clearly a DVI-to-HDMI cable or adapter, providing superior digital output.
I can attest to the DVI->HDMI cable being the way to go for either of those video cards. I've owned (past tense) a few VGA->Component/RGB cables back when I was still using CRTs but I've never seen an equivalent for S-video. (Twenty years ago I had S-video cables galore for our VCRs and projection TV sets. Tells you how obsolete they are.) I was originally using a DVI->HDMI cable -- on hand in the 'ol AV cable carton from previously being used with one of our TV/AV receiver setups -- for my old LG monitor and it ran at 1900x1200 just fine. I think I paid ~$25 for it at Fry's. I'd dump the S-video stuff.
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