Kevin wrote:
> I am trying to connect the svideo port of my laptop (IBM Thinkpad T23)
> to my television. I must be missing a setting in the XF86Config-4
> file. I am using XFree86 Version 4.2.1.
>
> The laptop has an "S3 SuperSavage IX/C SDR" video chipset. The
> 's3switch tv' command works fine, but I only see the top left corner of
> the desktop on the tv, unless I have the resolution set to 640x480.
> Hardly usable. The gnome icons are huge and every webpage turns into a
> scroll-fest. ;-)
>
> I tried this on two different televisions (Sony 51" 16:9 HDTV and Sony
> 29" 4:3 tube) with the same result.
>
> Here are the relevant parts of my XF86Config-4 file. As you can see, I
> don't have any Monitor section specifically for the television. The
> Monitor section below works for the laptop's lcd screen.
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Monitor0"
> HorizSync 31.5 - 82.0
> VertRefresh 40-150
> Option "dpms"
> EndSection
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "S3 Savage4"
> Driver "savage"
> VendorName "S3 Savage4"
> BoardName "S3 Savage4"
> EndSection
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Device "S3 Savage4"
> Monitor "Monitor0"
> DefaultDepth 24
> Subsection "Display"
> Depth 24
> Modes "1024x768"
> EndSubsection
> EndSection
>
>
>
>
> How would I go about configuring this for the television?
Sounds like you already have it configured for a Television, but not for a
Plasma Monitor. TV Out in the US will convert a monitor signal to NTSC TV
signal (which is slightly smaller than 640x480). To use your Plasma Monitor at
resolutions higher than that you will need to hook it to something other than
the TV Out of your graphics card and set it up as a Monitor.
Most Plasma TVs that I've seen have had at least a DVI input and some even have
an SVGA input to allow them to be used as a computer monitor. See if yours has
either of those.
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