# HG changeset patch # User gabucino # Date 1031823759 0 # Node ID 2c13297f0b801dd1617fbb51dd7e62395a92a1f5 # Parent c3273d9bc41c522dc9ee10e9962d71e3e7a700ab G450/G550 TV-out diff -r c3273d9bc41c -r 2c13297f0b80 DOCS/documentation.html --- a/DOCS/documentation.html Thu Sep 12 09:42:00 2002 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/documentation.html Thu Sep 12 09:42:39 2002 +0000 @@ -153,8 +153,9 @@
Under Linux you have 2 methods to get G400 TV out working:
-IMPORTANT: Only Matrox G400DH/G400MAX has TV-out support under Linux, others (G450, G550) have not!
+IMPORTANT: for Matrox G450/G550 TV-out instructions, please see the + next section!
TV output support for these cards has only been recently introduced, and is + not yet in the mainstream kernel. Currently the mga_vid module + can't be used AFAIK, because the G450/G550 driver works only in one + configuration: the first CRTC chip (with much more features) on the first + display (on monitor), and the second CRTC (no BES - for explanation + on BES, please see the G400 section above) on TV. So you can only use + MPlayer's fbdev output driver at the present.
+ +The first CRTC can't be routed to the second head currently. + The author of the kernel matroxfb driver - Petr Vandrovec - will maybe make + support for this, by displaying the first CRTC's output onto both of the + heads at once, as currently recommended for G400, see the section above.
+ +The necessary kernel patch and the detailed howto is downloadable from + http://www3.sympatico.ca/dan.eriksen/matrox_tvout
+ + +Check this URL.