Hi,

> Edd Barrett wrote:
>> On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 07:16:51PM +0300, Jussi Peltola wrote:
>>> On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 04:22:33PM +0100, Edd Barrett wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> We have this BSD box with some films on, and someone had the idea of
>>>> hookiing it up to the TV so we can watch DVD's etc in the living room.
>>>> Not a bad idea, but I don't know how.
>>> You need an interlaced [EMAIL PROTECTED] mode. A suitable modeline should be
>>> findable with google.
>>>
>>
>> OK, well [EMAIL PROTECTED] is the standard vga option in xorg.conf. This 
>> fails
>> :(
>>
>> As for modelines, googling "modeline tvmodel xorg" doesn't bring back
>> any
>> results.

You can try some of the modelines there and need to make sure
the tv is in rgb mode and the sync-line ist connected and put's
out the right singal.

http://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~pfeffer/tvout/index.html

Alternatively most modern cards have a tv-out, don't know what is
supported by the x-servers. The solution using RGB above will
give the best picture quality if you get it working.

-sm

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