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Old 04-25-2009, 12:27 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Cry FreeSpire S video

I need to get the s video to work on my laptop is there anyone out there with an idea how to do that??? I am new to Linux so any help would be appreciated.
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Old 04-25-2009, 12:50 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: FreeSpire S video

What video card are you running? What (if any) drivers have you installed for that video card?
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Old 04-25-2009, 09:48 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: FreeSpire S video

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What video card are you running? What (if any) drivers have you installed for that video card?
It has a Intel Extreme Graphics 2 and when I ran windows I could switch the display to tv and a few others. I just want the s video. Its a Toshiba sat A55S1063.
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Re: FreeSpire S video

I am just using the driver that came with FreeSpire.
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Old 04-25-2009, 05:05 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Re: FreeSpire S video

The driver makes a difference in set up.

Would you run the following commands and post the output of both here:
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