S-video out on HP 6515B FC14

fuzzyzinger · 03-05-2011, 04:53 PM

Im one of those users that jumps between OS's. I decided I would give Linux a try again...

Tried this in Ubuntu 10.10, and now running FC14. The issue was the same for both.

The 6515B has an ATI X1250 Graphics Card. I like to connect my laptop to the TV using the s-video out so I can watch netflix, etc.

However, in either breed of Linux that I have tried, the output is black & white. Laptop monitor stays in color just fine.

Code:

 lspci | grep -i vga
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS690M [Radeon X1200 Series]

So I read somewhere to edit something to edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. But I cant seem to find that anywhere. Oh well, lets try proprietary ATI drivers.

Unfortunately, the X1250 is now considered a legacy device. Had to download the ati-driver-installer-9-3-x86.x86_64.run file from ATI's website. Made it executable and tried to run in. Final output?

Code:

which: no XFree86 in (/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/home/xxxx/bin)

Error: ./default_policy.sh does not support version
default:v2:x86_64:lib::none:2.6.35.11-83.fc14.x86_64; make sure that the version is being
correctly set by --iscurrentdistro

Removing temporary directory: fglrx-install.ZxZaA0

So. Now Im lost. Ideas?

easuter · 03-10-2011, 12:30 PM

Have you tried searching third party repositories for pre-built packages with the legacy drivers?
In any event, it may be possible that you won't be able to compile the driver against a recent kernel if Ati hasn't been keeping their legacy drivers compatible with changes in the kernel.