S-Video (TV) not detected

[lacomax]

Hi,
I have a Fujitsu-Siemens AMILO Pro V2020
Pentium M 725 / 1.6 GHz - Centrino
RAM 768 MB
Extreme Graphics 2
15.1"TFT 1024 x 768 ( XGA )

and xubuntu 9.10 detects the following
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)

I try then to connect my TV (PAL)on the S-Video port, but the only display availabe is the on-board TFT.
How can I use/activate my S-Video output?

Tx

[IcarusR]

With TV connected to S-video out & switched on go to

System > Preferences > Screen Resolution > Detect Displays

It should find TV

[lacomax]

I've already tried it, but with the TV on and the SVideo connected, it does not find any other Display than the TFT from the notebook.
Any other idea?

[zwaardmeester]

Try to boot Ubuntu with the TV switched on and the cable in. Does this help?

[lacomax]

no, it does not help.
It still does not recognise the Output.
Someone plz help! otherwise I'll have to use Windows (also installed on the laptop, and it works)

[zwaardmeester]

You might need to edit the following configuration file:
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
This guy contains display information etc. which the Intel driver uses in turn. First make a backup for when things to ill:

sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf_backup

then edit the file to your needs by issueing:

gksudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Take a look at the following tread to learn how to add a TV display: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=9106&page=4, especially post #35 i think.

After you changed the file, save it and close Gedit. Log out and back in to apply the changes.

To restore the backup:

sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf_backup /etc/X11/xorg.conf

When there is no more display _at all_, you can always access a console by pressing the combination Ctrl-Alt-F1. The combination Ctrl-Alt-F7 brings you back to the "graphical world".

[lacomax]

I've just tried it, but it still does not work.
When I execute xrandr I get the following:

a1@LAPTOPUBUNTU:~$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x 768, maximum 2048 x 2048
LVDS connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm
1024x768 60.0 + 85.0* 75.0 70.1 60.0
832x624 74.6
800x600 85.1 72.2 75.0 60.3 56.2
640x480 85.0 72.8 75.0 59.9
720x400 85.0
640x400 85.1
640x350 85.1
TMDS disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
a1@LAPTOPUBUNTU:~$

And my Xorg.0.log has following Warnings:
a1@LAPTOPUBUNTU:~$ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log|grep WW
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
(WW) intel(0): libpciaccess reported 0 rom size, guessing 64kB
(WW) intel(0): Register 0x61200 (PP_STATUS) changed from 0xc0000008 to 0xd000000a
(WW) intel(0): PP_STATUS before: on, ready, sequencing idle
(WW) intel(0): PP_STATUS after: on, ready, sequencing on
(WW) intel(0): xf86AllocateGARTMemory: allocation of 1536 pages failed
(WW) intel(0): Allocation error, framebuffer compression disabled
(WW) intel(0): xf86AllocateGARTMemory: allocation of 10 pages failed
(WW) intel(0): Chosen PLL clock of 66.5 Mhz more than 2% away from desired 65.0 Mhz
(WW) intel(0): Hardware claims pipe A is on while software believes it is off
(WW) intel(0): Option "monitor-TV" is not used
(WW) intel(0): Option "monitor-LVCD" is not used
(WW) intel(0): Chosen PLL clock of 66.5 Mhz more than 2% away from desired 65.0 Mhz
a1@LAPTOPUBUNTU:~$

I still need some help.....

[IcarusR]

Did you put a 'TV' line in your xorg.conf ??
Reading the xorg log it would appear you have not defined TV in xorg.conf
You do not need TDMS 'man intel' says

TMDS-1
First DVI SDVO output

TMDS-2
Second DVI SDVO output

SDVO and DVO TV outputs are not supported by the driver at this time.

So TMDS will not work.
Post your xorg.conf.

[lacomax]

There you have that is the 'original' xorg.conf, the one suggested on
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=9106&page=4, post #35 didn't work, I hope it helps

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
Screen 1 "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
FontPath "built-ins"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "dri"
Load "dri2"
Load "extmod"
Load "record"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
EndSection

Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>]
#Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option "ColorKey" # <i>
#Option "CacheLines" # <i>
#Option "Dac6Bit" # [<bool>]
#Option "DRI" # [<bool>]
#Option "NoDDC" # [<bool>]
#Option "ShowCache" # [<bool>]
#Option "XvMCSurfaces" # <i>
#Option "PageFlip" # [<bool>]
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "intel"
VendorName "Intel Corporation"
BoardName "82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>]
#Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option "ColorKey" # <i>
#Option "CacheLines" # <i>
#Option "Dac6Bit" # [<bool>]
#Option "DRI" # [<bool>]
#Option "NoDDC" # [<bool>]
#Option "ShowCache" # [<bool>]
#Option "XvMCSurfaces" # <i>
#Option "PageFlip" # [<bool>]
Identifier "Card1"
Driver "intel"
VendorName "Intel Corporation"
BoardName "82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device"
BusID "PCI:0:2:1"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Card1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

[lacomax]

Any Ideas?