xorg.conf - just about at my wits end

[chipw]

I am really struggling to get a decent working xorg.conf. My hardware includes an old Compaq 7550 CRT Monitor and a ATI Radeon 9200 AGP video card, which has a s-video out connected to my TV. I believe the fglrx driver is not for the 9200, but only 9500 and newer cards.

lspci shows this:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200] (rev 01)
01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200] (Secondary) (rev 01)

I have read a dozen web pages with sample .conf files, tried many of them, just can't get a good working screen. I want my screen resolution to be 1024x768 and centered. I would like the TV to show my screen, I don't care if it's duplicated or whatever, just so long as I can watch movies on the TV.

My current xorg.conf version is below, and it is not centered, not 1024x768 and not showing anything on the tv. What am I doing wrong? Should I just buy a newer video card?


# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 1.0 (buildd@yellow) Tue Mar 4 20:28:57 UTC 2008

# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 720 0
Screen 1 "Screen1" LeftOf "Screen0"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
;HorizSync 30.0 - 82.0
;VertRefresh 50.0 - 75.0
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "TV-0"
HorizSync 28.0 - 33.0
VertRefresh 43.0 - 72.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "ati"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "ati"
BusID "PCI:2:0:0"
Screen 0
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard1"
Driver "ati"
BusID "PCI:2:0:0"
Screen 1
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Configured Video Device"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "metamodes" "CRT: 1024x768 +0+0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Videocard1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
Option "TVOverScan" "0.0"
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "metamodes" "TV: 720x480 +0+0"
EndSection

[kajillin]

try

aticonfig --help

this will list all the automated config settings, then build a new xorg.conf from scratch

right now im in the same boat, my ati card isnt working either.

[chipw]

aticonfig works only with the fglrx driver, which supposedly does not support any card with a number lower than 9500, mine is a 9200. I'm gonna give it a try anyway and see what happens.