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Posted: July 15 2007,06:25 QUOTE
I'm sorry if this has been covered before, or if I should be able to work it out on my own.

How can I get TV Out on my old ('99) laptop to work?

I'm running DSL live from USB. I haven't really tried much, as I don't know where to begin.

I tried loading the XFree86 MyDSL extension several times, but each time my laptop frooze while it was reloading X (sometimes before it loaded any icons, sometimes after loading a few icons).

Thanks
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Posted: July 15 2007,06:58 QUOTE
I'm pretty sure you will need to get either XFree86 or Xorg working in order to get TV out - Google shows a number of xorg.conf file examples for TV out.

Maybe the first place to start would be to look at the XFree86 log (I cannot remember it's exact name) in /var/log  to see if it gives any clues as to why your laptop freezes with XFree.
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Posted: July 15 2007,06:58 QUOTE
do you mean the normal reloading after any extension?
or did you try to use Xfree without a config file?

Give also your laptop's model and graphic chip info

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Posted: July 17 2007,17:58 QUOTE
Juanito - I will check. I presumed that as I am running it off a USB it would not be possible to access the logs once the computer freezes (and I have to use the power button to turn it off).

curaga - I haven't had problems with other extensions (although I haven't tried that many). When I try to load XFree86.dsl I have the problem. I had the most success if I quit the window manager and then do mydsl-load and the other changes that are necessary for this extension (copying the modified .xserverrc to /home/dsl and XF86Config-4_vesa to /etc/X11/XF86Config-4). Then startx which begins to load the window manager again, very slowly, taking a minute or more for each icon to load (if any load at all) and then eventually freezes completely. It's a Gateway Solo 9100 with an ATI graphics chip.
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Posted: July 17 2007,18:47 QUOTE
You need to edit XF86Config-4, those are just examples, not guarantee to work... For normal usage.


-- You cannot get tv-out! Not with DSL that is. Ati's Linux drivers suck. They have really bad performance, crash often, and lack features just like tv-out..

If you want tv-out for watching video, your best bet is Geexbox 1.1. As it uses Vesa Bios by default, which forces tv-out on even on ati cards.. Not guaranteed to work, but like I said, it's the best bet.

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