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authorGravatar gabucino <gabucino@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2001-10-20 18:05:30 +0000
committerGravatar gabucino <gabucino@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2001-10-20 18:05:30 +0000
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<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.A">2.2.1.A TVout</A></LI>
<UL>
<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.A.1">2.2.1.A.1 Matrox cards</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.A.1a">2.2.1.A.1a Matrox cards - method 2</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.A.2">2.2.1.A.2 ATI cards</A></LI>
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@@ -686,6 +686,28 @@ so i have to swap CRTC's, but this way your console will framebuffer
Maybe you have NTSC TV? Or just didn't run one of TV-* scripts.</P>
+<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.A.1a>2.2.1.A.1a. Matrox cards (method 2 - the XFree approach)</A></B></P>
+
+<P>The previous method doesn't work very good for X users, since either they
+have to shutdown it, or it becomes uselessly messy. This section is for them.</P>
+
+<P>
+<LI>compile the matroxfb stuff to modules</LI>
+<LI>load modules with the <CODE>./modules</CODE> script</LI>
+<LI>turn on display cloning with <CODE>./cloning</CODE></LI>
+<LI>execute <CODE>./TV-640x512</CODE> or whichever resolution you
+wish to use</LI>
+</P>
+
+<P>Now you should have a clean picture on the TV, and maybe a somewhat strange
+picture on the console. But console doesn't matter, start X. Your TV
+goes black or have strange stripes, but monitor/X is fine !<BR>
+So, anytime you want to start watching something on TV, just start
+<B>MPlayer</B> in X (<CODE>-vo mga</CODE> of course, and calculate
+<CODE>-x</CODE> and <CODE>-y</CODE> values by hand), change to tty1 (with
+ctrl-alt-f1), and turn off the monitor.
+</P>
+
<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.A.2>2.2.1.A.2. ATI cards</A></B></P>
<P>