tv-out for ATI mach64 on Fedora Core 2

[HaJo Schatz]

On Thu, 2004-08-05 at 20:34, Chabook Bhai wrote:
> I have installed Fedora Core 2 on Compaq Presario with ATI mach64
> graphics card. for the last month i have been trying really hard to
> get the tvout working but with no success. i can see everything on my
> TV until the X server starts. but after that i see only some coloured
> lines on the TV.
Your X-Server probably comes up in a high resolution & refresh rate.
That'd be too much for your conventional TV.

There are different ways of doing this, depending on what you want to
achieve. I for one switch to the console (CTRL-ALT-F1) and do the tv-out
stuff then (eg watch movies with mplayer via the fbdev device).

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