Re: OT: TV out.

["Mike A. Harris" <mharris opensourceadvocate org>]

On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, Statux wrote:

>Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 23:18:40 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Statux <statux bigfoot com>
>To: seawolf-list redhat com
>Reply-To: seawolf-list redhat com
>Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
>Subject: Re: OT: TV out.
>
>> Do you know how to enable the TV Out feature of a Voodoo 3 card under
>> redhat? I surelly know how to do that in Win2k, but since I moved
>> completelly to linux now, it would be nice to use that feature.
>
>It works automatically for 80x25 and a few others (provided you don't
>have a VGA monitor using it currently, I think). Graphics, you'll need
>to find a config HOWTO... I only tried getting my old voodoo3 to use the
>TV out once... it's a useless feature on any board IMHO  unless you use
>the system primarily for video playback of some sort.
>
>Would be nice if someone has the location of such a HOWTO since nVidia
>(maker of my current card) bought out 3dfx.

I dunno what the status of support for that is, however I do know
that Linux 3dfx development is virtually dead.  Occasional
bugfixes will occur, but the guys who know that stuff the best
are working on hardware that isn't dead now.  Glide3 is pretty
much dead, and aside from a few minor updates the tdfx code is
most likely to pretty much stay the same.

Those with Banshee's will be happy to know the memory timing
issues seem to now be resolved, and will be in a future release.


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