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xserver-xorg-driver-trident package

TV-out Trident CyberBlade/XP

Asked by niels

I have a Toshiba laptop Satellite Pro 4600. It has a RCA, composite, TV-out. When I connect to a television, witch also has a composite connector, I get a very scrambeld picture. There is a keyboard function Fn+F5, witch switches of the screen of the laptop, and produces the scrambeld picture on the tv.

I'm in Europe so the TV format is PAL.

Output after lshw -C video
 *-display
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: CyberBlade/XP
       vendor: Trident Microsystems
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       version: 63
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 66MHz
       capabilities: agp agp-2.0 pm vga bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=8

the driver manual says that it provides two option's for chipsets and also a switch for a dual screen/monitor/display. The menu to edit the screen's and graphics also provides the possibility to add a external monitor. When I did this my xorg.conf was messed up.

Is this possible?

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niels (niels-laaper-gmail) said : 		#1

http://www.xfree86.org/4.7.0/trident.4.html

the user manual

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Best MikeT (michael-tacka) said : 		#2

Just take a look here:
http://www.backports.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4260618

Hopefully this solution works for you, too.

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niels (niels-laaper-gmail) said : 		#3

Thanks

The view is a little bit ofset to th right, and I can't the bottom panel.

But it is a giant step forward

I consider this solved, thanks again !

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MikeT (michael-tacka) said : 		#4

Niels,

you're welcome.

I searched hours and days for a solution. I am still having similar problems like you mentioned (offset).
The offset is gone if I use mplayer in GL-mode. But this leads to "jumping" video and audio. Perhaps the CPU and GPU are too slow.

If you can get a further step forward: I would appreciate your hint.

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niels (niels-laaper-gmail) said : 		#5

Mike,

I saw the thread on the ubuntu forum, the were a lot of other old thread's on other forums with the same problem. You are one of the first to report a solution.

I have written a email to an author of the trident driver, he didn't write back yet ... Maybe, if he does, he can help us.

If we want to bring this one step further, I think the best place to post is on the threat of the ubuntu forum.
http://www.backports.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4260618
German forum
http://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/124671/
With this solved, we are not alone with the new, offset problem.

Thanks again!!

regards

niels