[MPlayer-users] [TV-OUT] Working R128 tv-out with unplugged cable while booting

[Patrice Levesque]

> > Can't help you much at the moment, because I'm at work. But I think
> > (am almost sure), that it's plain text mode console. I have fb
> > support compiled in the 2.4.20 kernel, but my opinion is, that it does
> > not use fb. If a software rectangular fb cursor is the 100% recognition
> > sign (it means that fb _always_ uses it), it _does_not_ use fb. But after
> > executing ./atitvout detect; (when tv signal comes up) frequency of CRT
> > changes, picture vertically shrinks and conslole looks like I had a TV cable
> > plugged in before turning my PC on.
> 
> For the record, it started to work when I switched (in text mode) to
> 80x50 (I boot in 80x60).  I felt the screen change its refresh rate (and
> for some unknown (and weird?) reason all character lines were not the
>   same height).  It works, though :)
> 
> I could even start a "parallel" X session, using the VESA driver.  I'm
> currently in it, in front of my TV, writing about it.  Ain't it great?
> :)

(Follow-up!)

After quitting the parallel X session, I could not get to the original
session - the sync was really out.  I tried "./atitvout -c; atitvout
detect" in both console and a scrambled X, but to no result.

Switching modes with SVGATextMode (as I did to switch from 80x60 to
80x50) would only bring nothingness and garbled screen.

I tried "textmode" from the SVGAlib package, in text console mode, and to my
great surprise, it scrambled my textmode but switching back and forth
to my 1st X session everything was back to normal, both console and X.

So, an alternate procedure (that works for me!)

Needs SVGATextMode (if you don't boot in 80x50)
SVGAlib (1.9.17)
Hardware tested: Rage Fury, 32MB with TV-out


Get the TV to work after boot:
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1) Plug the connector
2) Switch to 80x50 `SVGATextMode 80x50` // should it be needed
3) `./atitvout t; ./atitvout detect`
4) TV-out is now functional; use mplayer with vesa:vidix or start an X
session with the vesa driver (or maybe configure some 50-60Hz
modelines and use the ati driver? dunno yet if it works)


Getting rid of the TV out mode (to get your great refresh rate back,
60Hz sucks)!
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1) Get out of your VESA-enabled X session and/or mplayer
2) `./atitvout c; ./atitvout detect` // I think it did nothing, but
really nothing to lose here
3) `textmode` // from the SVGAlib binaries
4) Get back to your original X session


That's it.  I used gatos driver for my original X session.


Hope it helps some!


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  Patrice Levesque
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