Bug 16186 - TV-Out doesn't work on RS690
Summary: TV-Out doesn't work on RS690
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: xorg
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Driver/Radeon (show other bugs)
Version: git
Hardware: x86 (IA32) Linux (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: xf86-video-ati maintainers
QA Contact: Xorg Project Team
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Reported: 2008-06-01 05:15 UTC by Kevin Read
Modified: 2009-08-14 08:11 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Attachments
X startup log with autoconfiguration (47.73 KB, text/plain)
2008-06-01 05:15 UTC, Kevin Read
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Description Kevin Read 2008-06-01 05:15:53 UTC
Created attachment 16856 [details]
X startup log with autoconfiguration

I tried todays radeon GIT version on my HTPC (ASUS M2N-V running 32 bit archlinux) . VGA Out works fine (cudos btw, videos are really smooth), but TV-Out doesn't work. I have a standard analog TV connected via Supervideo connector. The setup works fine with fglrx and also in BIOS/text mode.

As soon as X starts, the screen goes black. When I use xrandr via SSH to change resolutions, the screen flickers.

I tried with X autoconfiguration and also with a config file where I

1) forced TV-Out on:
Section "Device"
        Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]"
        Driver      "radeon"
        Option  "TVStandard" "pal"
        Option "ForceTVOut" "true"
        BusID       "PCI:1:5:0"
EndSection

2) Forced the monitor to the values of a standard TV:
(in Device section:)
        Option "monitor-S-video" "TV"
(then:)
Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "TV"
        Option      "DPMS" "false"
# 702x576 @ 25Hz, 15.6kHz hsync, itu-r bt.470 PAL, analog broadcast
ModeLine "702x576@25i" 13.5   702 722 785 864  576 581 586 625 interlace -hsync -vsync
        Option "PreferredMode" "702x576@25i"
EndSection

All gave the same result. I have attached the log from the autoconfiguration try.
Comment 1 Roland Scheidegger 2008-06-01 17:10:23 UTC
No idea about the problem, but do you mean M2A-VM board? AFAIK M2N-V doesn't even exist, and the M2N-VM is nforce based.
Comment 2 Kevin Read 2008-06-02 00:51:45 UTC
Oops, of course. This should read ASUS M2A-VM, thanks for pointing that out.
Comment 3 Juergen Mathwich 2009-03-20 03:30:01 UTC
Same problem here, I 've tried this allread half a year ago with no success - neither then nor today.

I also got stuck when trying fglrx to enable TVOut on my Gigabyte GA69GM-S2H. Is the GPU part of RS690 a total different chip compared to other X1xxx series based cards?
Comment 4 Kevin Read 2009-03-20 05:49:05 UTC
For me the latest release works. I'm at work now but will post xorg.conf later.
Comment 5 KKnull 2009-04-21 09:50:47 UTC
can you provide your xorg.conf and your log?
I have tried the latest git and doesn't work (black screen as usually).

this my config and log:

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/158338/linux%20mediacenter/xorg.conf.radeon.21apr09
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/158338/linux%20mediacenter/xorg.log.radeon.21apr09
Comment 6 Sam Weston 2009-06-28 09:11:59 UTC
(In reply to comment #5)
> can you provide your xorg.conf and your log?
> I have tried the latest git and doesn't work (black screen as usually).
> 
> this my config and log:
> 
> http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/158338/linux%20mediacenter/xorg.conf.radeon.21apr09
> http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/158338/linux%20mediacenter/xorg.log.radeon.21apr09
> 
Thanks to Kevin Read I now have a working setup (using s-video). Here is my full xorg.conf: http://nopaste.info/d1030fb722.html

Or the relevant bits: 

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "Monitor0"
    HorizSync 30.0 - 50.0
    VertRefresh 60
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Card0"
    Driver      "radeon"
#    Option    "TVStandard" "scart-pal"
    Option    "ATOMTvOut"    "on"
#    Option    "AccelMethod"    "exa"
    #Option  "DefaultTVDACAdj" "on"
    Option    "DynamicClocks"    "on"
    Option    "DRI"    "true"
EndSection

I found that I needed to comment out the TVStandard line on my M2A-VM to avoid getting a distorted picture. I have PAL set in my BIOS. I'm not sure about the other options, as they don't appear to make any difference. ATIMTvOut is the key.
Comment 7 KKnull 2009-08-14 06:10:01 UTC
hi sam,
are you using s-video or vga (yellow one) port?
Comment 8 KKnull 2009-08-14 08:11:03 UTC
ok I tried with your xorg.conf and:
-the image is stable but it's in black-white
-if I use pal option the image has colors, but very instable, it moves horizontally very fast.



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