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S-Video Output Doesn't Work

Asked by Aatcman

Hi,

I have a Dell D830 dual booting with WIN-XP.... S-Video works GREAT under WINDOZE-XP but not at all under Ubuntu.

UBUNTU can NOT detect a monitor plugged into the svideo port....
So PLEASE DO NOT TELL ME TO GO TO DISPLAYS AND PRESS DETECT..........
I've done that already..............

Please provide a solution or some suggestions as to where we can get one....
I'VE SEEN OVER 20 THREADS ON THIS BOARD ALONE MARKED "SOLVED" WHERE PEOPLE HAVE ASKED THIS SAME QUESTION AND GOT NO ANSWER.....

PLEASE PROVIDE A USEFUL ANSWER AND VERIFY THAT IT FIXED THE PROBLEM BEFORE MARKING THIS THREAD SOLVED!!!!!!!!

I am very technical and quite handy with anything electronic -- however, like most asking questions here, I DO NOT HAVE A DOCTORATE IN LINUX OR A MASTERS IN COMPUTER ENGINEERING........
Therefore, PLEASE INCLUDE INSTRUCTIONS FOR YOUR ANSWER!!!
Also, remember that even though your answer might make sense to me, it might not make sense to the 30-40 others looking for an answer to this same problem.........
Simply telling us to edit some line or setting in some file WITHOUT telling us where that file or setting is, or how to edit that line or setting, is USELESS, POINTLESS, AND DEGRADES THE PURPOSE of Linux in the first place.....
You will find that type of answer in appx. 43% of linux forums.
56% are useless conclusions that do not answer that question but yet somehow get marked "solved".
If one spends hours and hours and hours and hours....................................., searching through the forums, 1% or less of the time you will find an almost useful answer -- and I say ALMOST useful because 98% of those answers are missing a necessary detail which basically make them useless..........
IN OTHER WORDS, PLEASE GIVE A USEFUL ANSWER............ THANKS!!!!!

Nearly EVERY response I have EVER SEEN on a LINUX FORUM has required a masters degree in computer science and a doctorate in Linux to decipher or make any sense out of it........
Remember that Ubuntu is now touted as a replacement workstation OS for both windoze and mack users...
This means people who barely can use a simple application may now be trying to use this OS.....
That means you need to provide instructions so that such people who may be reading these forums can actually make sense of your answer and use it.....

WHY ARE SO MANY OF THESE NEARLY IDENTICAL THREADS MARKED AS SOLVED!?!?!?

PLEASE STOP MARKING UNSOLVED THREADS AS SOLVED!!!!
PLEASE STOP MARKING UNSOLVED THREADS AS SOLVED!!!!
PLEASE STOP MARKING UNSOLVED THREADS AS SOLVED!!!!
PLEASE STOP MARKING UNSOLVED THREADS AS SOLVED!!!!

Thanks

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Aatcman (aatcman) said : 		#1

Problem solved.........

OK,

Figured it out... Here's the real solution, hope this helps some of the many looking for a solution.........

Step one. Do either A OR B
 -A. During a fresh install of Ubuntu, you will be asked if you want to install restricted drivers. Make sure you are connected to the internet and click yes (or click install restricted drivers). Make sure you get the driver for your video card..... Restart Ubuntu..

-B. Install the restricted driver for your video card. Go to system settings (under the system menu in older Ubuntu distros or the power switch menu in unity -- power switch menu is in the upper right corner of the screen -- looks like a light switch -- left click, scroll down to system settings....) Click on "Additional Drivers" ... Click on the recommended driver for your video card. Click Activate. Restart Ubuntu...

Step two:
-Hook up your svideo display to your ubuntu computer's s-video jack.
-Go to system settings again.
-Click on "Nvidia Xserver settings" (or similiar for your brand of video card...) NOTE: Do NOT click on "Display" or "Monitors" as this will not take you to the right place....
-Click on the line labeled "X Server Display Configuration"
-Click detect (note, this is not the same as the similarly labeled button under the display or monitor control panel)
-You will see another display shown next to your main display. It should be labeled TV-0
-Click on this smaller display
-Next to the word "configure" it SHOULD say "Separate X Screen"
--IF IT DOES NOT, click "Configure"
--Select "separate"
--Click "OK"
-Click "Save to X Configuration file"
-Click "Close"

Step 3
-Restart Ubuntu
-Enjoy your S-video Output!!! :o)