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yodaz

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Registered: 2011-03-08

Posts: 41

Intel GM965 TV out

Hi !

I am desperatly trying to use my laptop Acer Aspire 5315 s-video TV-Out, but I can't make it work.

Here's lspci output :

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (primary) (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (secondary) (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)
06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)

My xorg.conf is here http://pastebin.com/pTjgmGTQ and here is Xorg log : http://pastebin.com/dU1Qj5AA

I have tried the following commands, but none worked :

xrandr -display :0 --output TV1 --set TV_FORMAT PAL; xrandr --output TV1 --mode 1024x768
xrandr -display :0 --output TV1 --set TV_FORMAT PAL; xrandr --output TV1 --mode 640x480
xrandr -display :0 --output LVDS1 --auto --output TV1 --auto --same-as LVDS1

TV screen blinks during one half second, but doesn't display anything. VGA output works fine.

Does anybody get this working ?

Thanks in advance, and forgive my poor english.

anrxc

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From: Croatia

Registered: 2008-03-22

Posts: 835

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Re: Intel GM965 TV out

Last time I did this on my TM 5320 it worked fine (a year ago maybe?), and that was after xf86-vide-intel 2.3.2 was released (previous versions had this broken):

xrandr --output TV --set TV_FORMAT PAL
xrandr --output TV --mode 1024x768 --right-of LVDS

You can see my article for more information, and an xorg.conf with some settings that could help you further:
http://sysphere.org/~anrxc/local/Travel … -5320.html

Edit:
I remembered another detail. I think the tv-out had a weird number of pins (6 maybe?) and all the cables I could find were different... finally when I found the right cable it didn't work, TV just blinked. I tried the usual cable with 4 and that worked.

Last edited by anrxc (2011-03-08 23:57:22)

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You need to install an RTFM interface.

yodaz

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Registered: 2011-03-08

Posts: 41

Re: Intel GM965 TV out

Thanks for your answer.

I try your command, but I get me the following error :

X Error of failed request:  BadName (named color or font does not exist)
  Major opcode of failed request:  150 (RANDR)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  11 (RRQueryOutputProperty)
  Serial number of failed request:  31
  Current serial number in output stream:  31

I also tried with disabling KMS (i915.modeset=0) on kernel command line, but X didn't start so I put it back on

I checked my cable, and it has 4 pin. I will try to find a 6 pin cable to test if it works, but I doubt.

radiomist

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From: superposicion

Registered: 2009-11-27

Posts: 64

Re: Intel GM965 TV out

try lts kernel, that work for me

yodaz

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Registered: 2011-03-08

Posts: 41

Re: Intel GM965 TV out

Thanks a lot !
It works very well with lts kernel. No xconf.org needed.
There's just a little problem, one I'm logged in with kdm I have an empty desktop. I will play with xrandr to see if I can fix it.

lula

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Registered: 2009-07-16

Posts: 71

Re: Intel GM965 TV out

Last time TV out worked, i had the same problem with the empty desktop.

xrandr --output LVDS1 --primary

fixed it for me.

yodaz

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Registered: 2011-03-08

Posts: 41

Re: Intel GM965 TV out

I tried this command, but it doesn't help. I finally solve the problem by launching kde in failsafe mode, and by disabling desktop effects. Now KDE displays fine, but xbmc gives me a blank screen. Any idea ?

Edit : It was not an XBMC problem : I can't have OpenGL on TV-Out for unknown reason. All OpenGL accelerated apps only shows a black window.

Last edited by yodaz (2011-04-07 17:33:27)

fmoralesc

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Registered: 2011-03-07

Posts: 6

Re: Intel GM965 TV out

Is there any way to have TV out using the newest kernel? I checked that the LTS kernel sends video to the TV output fine, but I would hope not to miss the features of the newer kernels.

yodaz

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Registered: 2011-03-08

Posts: 41

Re: Intel GM965 TV out

If I succeed, I'll let you know, but at the moment, tv-out is only functionnal with the kernel-lts