[Mactel-linux-users] TV-out on a Macbook Pro (1.1)

[Stefan M. <mo...@ir...>]

I'd like to connect my old Macbook Pro to an old TV to watch DVDs.
I have the "DVD -> Video" adapter from Apple which gives me an S-Video
and a Composite video connector.
But I can't seem to figure out how to actually use it.
I'm using the `radeon' driver, and when I plug the adapter into the DVI
connector, xrandr tells me "Ouput DVI-0 is not disconnected but has no
modes".

I followed the advice on http://www.x.org/wiki/radeonTV and did:

   xrandr --addmode DVI-0 800x600
   xrandr --output DVI-0 --mode 800x600
   xrandr --output DVI-0 --set tv_standard ntsc

but the last step results in an X protocol error about using a bad name:
and indeed `xrandr --prop' does not list `tv_standard' as being one of
the known properties.

This is using Debian testing with X.org server version 1.6.3 and radeon
module version 6.12.2.

Has anybody managed to get it to work?


        Stefan