rv100, second video card, tv out

[Alex Deucher]

On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 10:05 PM, Eric Moreau <eric at acmelinux.com> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> Here is a pretty useless post because it involves old hardware,
> but i'd like to know if anyones has a clue on this:
>
> Software (uname -a on Fedora 14):
> Linux (hostname obfuscated) 2.6.35.11-83.fc14.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Feb 7 07:06:44 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> Hardware (snippets from lshw):
>  description: Motherboard
>       product: P5GC-MX
>       vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
>  description: CPU
>          product: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     E4500  @ 2.20GHz
>  description: Display controller
>             product: 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller
>             vendor: Intel Corporation
>  description: VGA compatible controller
>                product: Radeon RV100 QY [Radeon 7000/VE]
>                vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
>
> I would like to use the old radeon card for tv-output.
> If i use it as the primary video card, everything goes well, tv-out
> is detected and usable with xrandr.
>
> If I use the onboard intel video as primary video, i get this from dmesg
>
>
> [    1.361256] [drm] No TV DAC info found in BIOS
> [    1.361259] [drm] DFP table revision: 3
> [    1.361312] [drm] Radeon Display Connectors
> [    1.361314] [drm] Connector 0:
> [    1.361316] [drm]   VGA
> [    1.361318] [drm]   DDC: 0x60 0x60 0x60 0x60 0x60 0x60 0x60 0x60
> [    1.361320] [drm]   Encoders:
> [    1.361321] [drm]     CRT1: INTERNAL_DAC1
> [    1.361323] [drm] Connector 1:
> [    1.361324] [drm]   DVI-I
> [    1.361326] [drm]   HPD1
> [    1.361328] [drm]   DDC: 0x64 0x64 0x64 0x64 0x64 0x64 0x64 0x64
> [    1.361330] [drm]   Encoders:
> [    1.361331] [drm]     CRT2: INTERNAL_DAC2
> [    1.361333] [drm]     DFP1: INTERNAL_TMDS1
>

How does that compare to when the card is the primary?  Can you attach
your full dmesg output when the card is the primary and non-primary?

Alex

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