[H-GEN] video card with tv out

[Michael Anthon]

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> Last I heard TV out was not supported by the Matrox drivers under
> Linux (it works under GameOS quite nicely).
Spent a bit of time fiddling with this tonight.  Wasn't able to get it to
work, however the README that comes with the powerdesk software indicates
that it probably should work.. here's the snippets...
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Matrox PowerDesk is software to help you configure display settings for
Matrox graphics hardware under XFree86. With this software, you can more
easily adjust display resolutions, color palettes, refresh rates, and
display positioning. With PowerDesk, you can also enable special Matrox
features such as DualHead, DVI, and TV output.
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The Matrox HAL ("Hardware Abstraction Layer") library is required
to enable DualHead, TV output, and digital flat panel support with
G400-based graphics hardware.
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- TV output support is only available with G400-based graphics
hardware.
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> I hear (via google) that you can achieve TV out with Linux using an
> unofficial reverse-engineered frame-buffer driver for the G400.
> Haven't tried yet.
Yeah, seems like it might work out a bit better, particularly if you just
want the second head as TV out.

Cheers
Michael


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