Re: S-Video out with radeon with 'Flyback Lines' showing on the TV

2010-05-18 Thread uebershark
> It means the driver doesn't work properly for your card for some > reason.  Does ums work any better?  There were some bugs in the kms > tv-out code that were fixed for 2.6.34, so you might try that.  Can > you post a picture of the problem somewhere? > > Alex > I'll checkout the 34 kernel later

Re: S-Video out with radeon with 'Flyback Lines' showing on the TV

2010-05-17 Thread Alex Deucher
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 4:16 PM, wrote: >> The modeline is just there to make xrandr happy.  tv-out has fixed >> timing (NTSC or PAL, etc.). The "modes" you set are just downscaled to >> the size of the native timing.  It doesn't matter what mode you set >> with xrandr, the driver will always pro

Re: S-Video out with radeon with 'Flyback Lines' showing on the TV

2010-05-17 Thread uebershark
> The modeline is just there to make xrandr happy. tv-out has fixed > timing (NTSC or PAL, etc.). The "modes" you set are just downscaled to > the size of the native timing. It doesn't matter what mode you set > with xrandr, the driver will always program the timing the same way > since analog tv

Re: S-Video out with radeon with 'Flyback Lines' showing on the TV

2010-05-17 Thread Alex Deucher
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 9:16 AM, wrote: >> Make sure you are using the right video standard and a recent ddx for >> ums or kernel for kms.  Modelines are irrelevant for tv-out since the >> driver uses a hard coded modeline regardless of what the user >> specifies. >> >> Alex >> > > Hi! > I run ar

Re: S-Video out with radeon with 'Flyback Lines' showing on the TV

2010-05-17 Thread uebershark
> Make sure you are using the right video standard and a recent ddx for > ums or kernel for kms.  Modelines are irrelevant for tv-out since the > driver uses a hard coded modeline regardless of what the user > specifies. > > Alex > Hi! I run arch linux, and use the 'git' packages from aur. My curr

Re: S-Video out with radeon with 'Flyback Lines' showing on the TV

2010-05-16 Thread Alex Deucher
On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 3:02 PM, wrote: > Hi! > > I'm experiencing a weird issue using TV-out (S-video) with the > xf86-video-ati driver. > > TV-out works, but I get weird 'flyback lines' on my TV screen. > Same setup running WindowsXP does not have these showing, so I can > rule out a connection

S-Video out with radeon with 'Flyback Lines' showing on the TV

2010-05-16 Thread uebershark
Hi! I'm experiencing a weird issue using TV-out (S-video) with the xf86-video-ati driver. TV-out works, but I get weird 'flyback lines' on my TV screen. Same setup running WindowsXP does not have these showing, so I can rule out a connection problem. The TV is rather old, connected via S-Video c