Virge and TV-out

[Alex Deucher]

On 10/31/06, Adam Sulmicki <adam at cfar.umd.edu> wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Oct 2006, Alex Deucher wrote:
>
> > You'll need to run s3switch after starting X since the X driver
> > programs the hardware directly.  It may not work since I don't know
> > what state the bios thinks it's in after the X driver writes the mode
> > to the hardware.  In which case you'd probably have to add bios mode
> > setting support to the driver for s3switch to work.
>
> ah!
> Well still no go. Does not seem to significantly help.
>

the bios interface may be different as well.  If you feel like messing
with this, you could take a look at the source to s3switch and the vbe
code in the Xorg savage driver.

Alex

> >> the chips are :
> >>
> >>          14052B (M) XAC810
> >>          f P85DJ 74F125
> >>          S3 ViRGE/GX2 On Board N6P0IB 86C357
> >>
> >> the pictures are :
> >>          http://www.missl.cs.umd.edu:/~adam/IMG_6701.JPG
> >
> > maybe one of these...
>
> That's my thinking , but I could not find those chips on web to verify
> this :/
>
> >>          http://www.missl.cs.umd.edu:/~adam/IMG_6702.JPG
> > The GX2 might have gotten integrated tv-out though.  not sure. this is
> > the virge itself.
>
>
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