Hi there. I'm trying to hook up my laptop (running ubuntu 9) to my television so I can watch movies on my laptop via the TV.

My setup is basic: S-Video from the laptop to an RF Modulator (which converts S-Video to RCA), and then RCA to the TV.

The TV end is fine, the RCA inputs work fine with any other device, but I'm not seeing any picture with the laptop hooked up. Also, the blue light indicating a successful signal on the RF Modulator is not on.

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Is there any way to "push" my laptop's screen image out via the S-Video? In Windows (yeah I said it..) I'd just do Fn + F5 or whatever as if I was hooked up to a regular projector.

Thanks in advance for any help, I'm banging my head against the wall on this one....