video out
 

Hi, I have an Asus built Ati Radeon 9200se and it has VGA S video and RCA outputs.
How can I get linux to use the RCA or S video outputs? I currently have Fedora Core 4

I'm no expert but...
one could edit something like /etc/X11/XF86Config (or similar for xorg.)
This works best if you know exactly what to put in it.
However I have found that if I point X in roughly the right direction it will try to get valid resolutions, sync rates and refresh rates from the monitor. So I suppose if you leave out some details they will be added during any auto-detection.


In the config file you would be looking for a section something like this.

Section "Monitor"
Option "CalcAlgorithm" "CheckDesktopGeometry"
DisplaySize 320 240
HorizSync 31-68
Identifier "Monitor[0]"
ModelName "1024X768@85HZ"
VendorName "--> VESA"
VertRefresh 50-85
UseModes "Modes[0]"
EndSection

X will want at least one monitor and one screen, so there will be a Screens section also.
So you will end up with monitor0 on screen0 and monitor1 on screen1.

I can't get s-video to work in X on my nvidia card, but I from what I read on LQ I think it's an nVidia driver problem. Annoying.
There are lots of quite detailed answers on LQ if you search for "can't get tv out" or someting like that.
Anyway it was worth it for me to look into x*config to see how monitors and screens are specified.

You will probably find some xfree and xorg readme and how-to info in your system. My xfree came with an example config file.

Thanks for info. Ill be sure to check out my X.Org configuration file