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xserver-xorg-video-intel package

  1. Bug #6270
  2. Comment #89

Comment 89 for bug 6270

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Sirius1977 (sirius1977) wrote :

Hi all

Since the old i810 driver is no longer in the repos (since intrepid) the solution i posted on ubuntuforums.org is not working anymore. The new Intel drivers have no support for TV-OUT on the 855gm.

The only way to get a working TV-out is switching back to hardy (8.04) because the old i810 is available there.

With the following lines i've got the tv-out working:

Section "Device"
 Identifier "Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device"
 Driver "i810"
 BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
 Option "MonitorLayout" "TV,LFP"
 Option "Clone" "yes"
EndSection

Restart xorg and then there should be appear a part of your desktop on the TV. To get color and the right resolution you need this patched nvtv http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=40865&page=4

xrandr will not work with the old driver so you dont need it for this solution.

This works for me on a Thinkpad R51 with 855gm and a chrontel7011.

Hope this helps