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1002:5955 ati radeon xpress 200M no s-video output, no tv screen detected

Bug #573550 reported by Rodrigue V. on 2010-05-02

This bug affects 8 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	linux (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Medium	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: xorg

I can't manage to make the s-video output working. It was working fine out of the box in 8.10, it was hard with 9.10 with this thread http://ohioloco.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9020936, but now, with 10.04, i don't find any solution.

With karmic, this script do the trick :
#!/bin/bash
#This little script will toggle svideo out for Radeon open source driver.

xrandr -s 800x600
xrandr --newmode 800x600
xrandr --addmode S-video 800x600
xrandr --output S-video --mode 800x600

I use a laptop compaq presario v5000 with an ATI RADEON XPRESS 200M. Lucid Lynx is the version in use, upgraded from karmic (9.10).

In fact the xorg.conf seems to be completely bypass. If i use one or remove it, it works the same way.

I use the open drivers shipped with ubuntu. Note that 3D rendering and everything else work fine.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: xorg 1:7.5+5ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun May 2 11:07:01 2010
DkmsStatus: Error: [Errno 2] Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type
GdmLog:
Error: command ['gksu', '-D', 'Apport', '--', 'cat', '/var/log/gdm/:0.log'] failed with exit code 1: /home/puce/.themes/Variance/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:523: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "gap-bottom-start.png"
/home/puce/.themes/Variance/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:525: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "gap-bottom-end.png"
/home/puce/.themes/Variance/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:545: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "gap-right-start.png"
/home/puce/.themes/Variance/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:547: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "gap-right-end.png"
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Lsusb:
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard Presario V5000 (ES281EA#ABF)
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=94a84584-5a5a-4e81-9382-9b8df4354e13 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
dmi.bios.date: 02/24/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: F.33
dmi.board.name: 30AE
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: 49.38
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.33:bd02/24/2006:svnHewlett-Packard:pnPresarioV5000(ES281EA#ABF):pvrF.33:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn30AE:rvr49.38:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: Presario V5000 (ES281EA#ABF)
dmi.product.version: F.33
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
system:
distro: Ubuntu
codename: lucid
architecture: i686
kernel: 2.6.32-21-generic

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Rodrigue V. (rodrigue-villetard) wrote on 2010-05-02:

the xorg.conf with i tried the scripts above Edit (656 bytes, text/plain)
BootDmesg.txt Edit (39.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (8.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (4.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLog1.txt Edit (38.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLog2.txt Edit (50.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (10.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PciDisplay.txt Edit (782 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (592 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (1.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (2.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
RelatedPackageVersions.txt Edit (231 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (87.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (196.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (33.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (42.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (3.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
glxinfo.txt Edit (15.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
monitors.xml.txt Edit (600 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
setxkbmap.txt Edit (268 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (17.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xkbcomp.txt Edit (52.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Bryce Harrington (bryce) on 2010-05-02

Changed in xorg (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Rodrigue V. (rodrigue-villetard) wrote on 2010-05-02:

I've also tried with avitvout, but I always received this message : "VBE call failed."

Bryce Harrington (bryce) on 2010-05-03

affects:

xorg (Ubuntu) → xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu)

Bryce Harrington (bryce) on 2010-05-09

tags:

added: tv-out

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Marcelo Magalhaes (m-maga) wrote on 2010-06-06:

This bug affects me the same way. I have a Compaq model 2404us, with the same Ati Xpress 200m.

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Alex Lopez (alfitovdkiv) wrote on 2010-09-14:

I am running an ati mobility radeon x700 (rv400).
I finally get svideo output detected setting kms parameter at boot:
video=SVIDEO-1:e
This enables tv out correctly, I can set up modes through xrandr but.... i cannot get image correctly, just b&n flashing image...
The cable is should be ok, because it works on win7. ¿or could be any reason????
Please check that setting at boot and let us know if it works.
¿any ideas why I get that screen? none modes work: ntsc, pal, all types tested...

Regards.

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igor (igor-campus) wrote on 2010-09-27:

I SOLVED as follows:

In /etc/default/grub set this line:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="nomodeset"

And in /etc/modprobe.d/radeon-kms.conf set this line:

options radeon modeset=0

If the radeon-kms.conf file does not exist, create it.

Rebooting

After login connect svideo and run this:

xrandr -s 800x600
xrandr --addmode S-video 800x600
xrandr --output S-video --mode 800x600

now svideo is enable!!!!

Sorry for my bed English and Good luck everyone!

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Alex Lopez (alfitovdkiv) wrote on 2010-09-28:

All right, I will try that.
Meanwhile... which card are you working with? did you get correct color output?

Thanks

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igor (igor-campus) wrote on 2010-09-28:

My card is ati radeon xpress 200M, and color output is correct, both the television on pc.

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rr (robertoavp2) wrote on 2011-02-23:

I TREID THAT YOU SAID, BUT I CAN'T RUN /etc/default/grub, OR CREATE radeon-kms.conf, THAT IT DOESN'T EXIST, IT SAYS THAT I AM NOT THE ROOT, SO I DON'T HAVE PERMISSIONS.... ABY HELP??????
I CAN'T EXPORT TO MI TV

rr (robertoavp2) on 2011-02-23

Changed in xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu):
status:	Confirmed → Fix Committed
status:	Fix Committed → Fix Released

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Nathan Norman (taffynay-deactivatedaccount) wrote on 2011-08-18:

I followed igor's suggestion and it almost worked for me

I'm guessing that xrandr is assuming NTSC as the default output mode and as such can cause issues for people using PAL tv's. A typical symptom of this is the TV picture being in black and white, and in some cases exhibiting extreme flickering as well.

If you have this problem, just append the last command with:

--set tv_standard pal

Hope this helps anyone.

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Nathan Norman (taffynay-deactivatedaccount) wrote on 2011-08-18:

#10

@rr

Expanding on igor's guide, the commands you want to run are the following (exactly what I did)

user@linux:~$ sudo cp /etc/default/grub /etc/default/grub-ORIG
user@linux:~$ sudo nano /etc/default/grub

Look for this:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=

And change the end to this:
"nomodeset"

Save the file with Ctrl+X (press Y to write to the file)

Now type:

user@linux:~$ ls /etc/modprobe.d/

and look for this file:
radeon-kms.conf

If it does not exist, create it:

user@linux:~$ sudo touch /etc/modprobe.d/radeon-kms.conf

Then open the file in nano:

user@linux:~$ sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/radeon-kms.conf

Add this line:
options radeon modeset=0

Save it with Ctrl+X (press Y to write to the file)

Reboot the machine

After login connect svideo and run this:

xrandr -s 800x600
xrandr --addmode S-video 800x600
xrandr --output S-video --mode 800x600 (don't forget to set the PAL option here if you need to)

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penalvch (penalvch) wrote on 2012-08-04:

#11

doddo, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ .

If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in the development release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report:

apport-collect -p linux <replace-with-bug-number>

Also, could you please test the latest upstream kernel available following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds ? It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Please do not test the kernel in the daily folder, but the one all the way at the bottom. Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please comment on which kernel version specifically you tested and remove the tag:
needs-upstream-testing

This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the text:
needs-upstream-testing

If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tags:
kernel-fixed-upstream
kernel-fixed-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

where VERSION-NUMBER is the version number of the kernel you tested.

If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the following tags:
kernel-bug-exists-upstream
kernel-bug-exists-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

where VERSION-NUMBER is the version number of the kernel you tested.

If you are unable to test the mainline kernel, please comment as to why specifically you were unable to test it and add the following tags:
kernel-unable-to-test-upstream
kernel-unable-to-test-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

where VERSION-NUMBER is the version number of the kernel you tested.

Please let us know your results. Thank you for your understanding.

Helpful Bug Reporting Links:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_Reporting_Etiquette
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#A3._Make_sure_the_bug_hasn.27t_already_been_reported
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Adding_Apport_Debug_Information_to_an_Existing_Launchpad_Bug
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Adding_Additional_Attachments_to_an_Existing_Launchpad_Bug

apport-collect -p linux <replace-with-bug-number>

This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the text:
needs-upstream-testing

If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tags:
kernel-fixed-upstream
kernel-fixed-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

where VERSION-NUMBER is the version number of the kernel you tested.

If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the following tags:
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where VERSION-NUMBER is the version number of the kernel you tested.

Please let us know your results. Thank you for your understanding.

tags:	added: karmic needs-upstream-testing regression-release removed: tv-out
affects:	xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) → linux (Ubuntu)
Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Medium
status:	Fix Released → Incomplete
summary:	- ati radeon xpress 200M no s-video output, no tv screen detected + 1002:5955 ati radeon xpress 200M no s-video output, no tv screen + detected

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Rodrigue V. (rodrigue-villetard) wrote on 2012-08-04: Re: [Bug 573550] Re: ati radeon xpress 200M no s-video output, no tv screen detected

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Hi,

I’ve totally forgotten this bug… I can’t tell you if it’s still an issue
while I don’t have tv to plug on this computer anymore…

I’m sorry that I can’t try.

cheers,
Rodrigue

On 4 August 2012 14:42, Christopher M. Penalver <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> doddo, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any
> activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If
> so, could you please test for this with the latest development release
> of Ubuntu? ISO CD images are available from
> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ .
>
> If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in
> the development release from a Terminal
> (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather
> and attach updated debug information to this report:
>
> apport-collect -p linux <replace-with-bug-number>
>
> Also, could you please test the latest upstream kernel available following
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds ? It will allow additional
> upstream developers to examine the issue. Please do not test the kernel in
> the daily folder, but the one all the way at the bottom. Once you've tested
> the upstream kernel, please comment on which kernel version specifically
> you tested and remove the tag:
> needs-upstream-testing
>
> This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag
> located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the text:
> needs-upstream-testing
>
> If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tags:
> kernel-fixed-upstream
> kernel-fixed-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER
>
> where VERSION-NUMBER is the version number of the kernel you tested.
>
> If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the following
> tags:
> kernel-bug-exists-upstream
> kernel-bug-exists-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER
>
> where VERSION-NUMBER is the version number of the kernel you tested.
>
> If you are unable to test the mainline kernel, please comment as to why
> specifically you were unable to test it and add the following tags:
> kernel-unable-to-test-upstream
> kernel-unable-to-test-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER
>
> where VERSION-NUMBER is the version number of the kernel you tested.
>
> Please let us know your results. Thank you for your understanding.
>
> Helpful Bug Reporting Links:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_Reporting_Etiquette
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#A3._Make_sure_the_bug_hasn.27t_already_been_reported
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Adding_Apport_Debug_Information_to_an_Existing_Launchpad_Bug
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Adding_Additional_Attachments_to_an_Existing_Launchpad_Bug
>
> ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 563983
> [R300 KMS] [Lucid] S-video output could not be enabled with "load
> detection"
>
> ** Tags removed: tv-out
> ** Tags added: karmic needs-upstream-testing regression-release
>
> ** Package changed: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) => linux (Ubuntu)
>
> ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Medium
>
> ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
> Status: Fix Released => Incomplete
>
> ** Su...

Hi,

I’ve totally forgotten this bug…  I can’t tell you if it’s still an issue
while I don’t have tv to plug on this computer anymore…

I’m sorry that I can’t try.

cheers,
Rodrigue

On 4 August 2012 14:42, Christopher M. Penalver <
christopher.penalver@gmx.com> wrote:

> doddo, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any
> activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If
> so, could you please test for this with the latest development release
> of Ubuntu? ISO CD images are available from
> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ .
>
> If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in
> the development release from a Terminal
> (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather
> and attach updated debug information to this report:
>
> apport-collect -p linux <replace-with-bug-number>
>
> Also, could you please test the latest upstream kernel available following
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds ? It will allow additional
> upstream developers to examine the issue. Please do not test the kernel in
> the daily folder, but the one all the way at the bottom. Once you've tested
> the upstream kernel, please comment on which kernel version specifically
> you tested and remove the tag:
> needs-upstream-testing
>
> This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag
> located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the text:
> needs-upstream-testing
>
> If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tags:
> kernel-fixed-upstream
> kernel-fixed-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER
>
> where VERSION-NUMBER is the version number of the kernel you tested.
>
> If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the following
> tags:
> kernel-bug-exists-upstream
> kernel-bug-exists-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER
>
> where VERSION-NUMBER is the version number of the kernel you tested.
>
> If you are unable to test the mainline kernel, please comment as to why
> specifically you were unable to test it and add the following tags:
> kernel-unable-to-test-upstream
> kernel-unable-to-test-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER
>
> where VERSION-NUMBER is the version number of the kernel you tested.
>
> Please let us know your results. Thank you for your understanding.
>
> Helpful Bug Reporting Links:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_Reporting_Etiquette
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#A3._Make_sure_the_bug_hasn.27t_already_been_reported
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Adding_Apport_Debug_Information_to_an_Existing_Launchpad_Bug
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Adding_Additional_Attachments_to_an_Existing_Launchpad_Bug
>
> ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 563983
>    [R300 KMS] [Lucid] S-video output could not be enabled with "load
> detection"
>
> ** Tags removed: tv-out
> ** Tags added: karmic needs-upstream-testing regression-release
>
> ** Package changed: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) => linux (Ubuntu)
>
> ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
>    Importance: Undecided => Medium
>
> ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
>        Status: Fix Released => Incomplete
>
> ** Summary changed:
>
> - ati radeon xpress 200M no s-video output, no tv screen detected
> + 1002:5955 ati radeon xpress 200M no s-video output, no tv screen detected
>
> --
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-- 
Rodrigue Villetard

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penalvch (penalvch) wrote on 2012-08-04:

#13

doddo, this bug report is being closed due to your last comment https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/573550/comments/12 regarding you no longer having hardware to test for this problem. For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the revealed drop down box. You can learn more about bug statuses at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status. Thank you again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please submit any future bugs you may find.

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