On Wed, 2001-12-05 at 20:43, Rob Hensley wrote: > Hi, I recently got my Dell Inspiron working perfectly with the unstable > tree of debian, i just have one other question. Has anyone gotten the > S-Video out to work under linux? It seems to work fine under windows, but > how can i get it to work under linux too? Any suggestions would be greatly > apprecciated. Thanks in advance!
The i8100 has, to my knowledge, an NVidia GeForce 2Go graphics card. So, I'm shamelessly quoting myself from an earlier post: --8<-- Assuming you have an NVidia GeForce2Go, you need to get (non-free) drivers from NVidia. Fortunately, these drivers have been packaged for woody by Randall Donald. So you should apt-get install the following packages: nvidia-glx-src nvidia-kernel-src Then, read the documentation in /usr/share/doc/nvidia-* (one for each package) and follow the step-by-step instructions. After you have X running with the new driver, go to http://www.nvidia.com/docs/lo/1021/SUPP/README.txt and skim throgh the text so you'll see what a magnificent job Randall has done :). Seriously, you want to look at Appendix D where NVidia tells you how to set different options for the card in your XF86Config(-4), such as activating the s-video port. One small note about the driver: In a certain version, you could only start X once. If you stopped X, and tried to start it again, your computer would hang. In my setup this no longer happens, but be aware of this "feature" if it happens. You then need to reboot after running X. Another good pointer for more info is http://www.linux-laptop.net/ (click the Dell link). --8<-- The NVidia site has info about how to set up your XF86Config(-4) to use the S-Video port. Also, many sites available from www.linux-laptop.net have XF86Config's that enable the S-Video port. Note that the NVidia driver has its own multi-display features. That means you can spread the X screen over several displays, somewhat like Xinerama - but without Xinerama. In fact, it's incompatible with Xinerama. Hope that helps. fabbe PS. If there's anyone who would like to collaborate to make better support and documentation for the Inspiron 8000/8100 series with NVidia Geforce2Go graphics cards, then I'd be willing to contribute. Maybe even put some XF86Config's + docs in deb packages? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
