From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Apr 5 18:48:23 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFC1A2BF007 for ; Sun, 5 Apr 2020 18:48:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mout.kundenserver.de (mout.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.187]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "mout.kundenserver.de", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass Class 2 CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 48wN374QmNz43FG for ; Sun, 5 Apr 2020 18:48:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from r56.edvax.de ([178.5.91.239]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue011 [212.227.15.167]) with ESMTPA (Nemesis) id 1M3loZ-1jKt3r1zP9-000q0p for ; Sun, 05 Apr 2020 20:47:52 +0200 Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2020 20:47:52 +0200 From: Polytropon To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Enabling TV output with xrandr Message-Id: <20200405204752.18587744.freebsd@edvax.de> Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:eXA+3ABWB0jKyQ5rB7kLFD/UqoHkKQE7fmZFQ/tLVNYN6WVX5Pc GNzpnjWp7iWWqQIghJj0ZbnQeE6cMAUW6/xLU6nhdYrXu9EIMyvOiMa0vrf8wJqhJRX7mat xvlyzleeAdq4bPtgjbLjYeP2LpYJrYMDpL5sMxhHZwQsP1KsIryxuIXHVShDYBquc+eiR4j 5DrMIlziZlN6ApXL/C7uA== X-Spam-Flag: NO X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:MSAj2QdYBZA=:h6cSZm6ku3wrMmOhEZ46XV 27RforntjJ/eE1VGSlnsGBPtstnxbVkeKV8fBspDKD27rL0ZzJB4fSXa/JAqkeVmeW2wVSG5B M32Ak9ScHwZa2O0YygWRyhJmQZNjA9js+PGjZh2v2Nwl2dxpSmvY9IgTSmQ/DSiNKOc5Vha3P 0S8eWVvTtXtjOKT/lExwU8UXAzFXZ7sqD3KwA+Aid/wMKnMqAR0M52HuDvIE2S0/i7XJOeoAp qwYKJytVrQnU2VRfXRjqeMf/6KcI7YrNEsGxZUskCCYx8cZDkQT2pJsctWdm45cRNpgasB0l8 WJa3GttAiQPzaQ1AGHnShbVkcU3fHjo0UL7XrvmHAEJhqpS69Z0Ujwa5y5xi2C+GGgTif4heR Mat36YITliYiFtZgkEIGwWOgSw/sD3q8QjvCtfquFPudW6pAUFIvGJbM2VGs+4LdLOqtCRurJ 514H4CXf+J7T42WNndeUq6oOuS8VzwL7xO7dBPH+WqGWovbVfDZmzYFwhp3CrdGS1ccOM6sX2 1I5q+8mDHwkQFZiBdct+6VAB/jHe1/zDIjlHfJgCkx4U5AKJDdOXWm45Qzar30j7xmGV1iqnP wusR3cd84q4YDGReNVsoCj7S1otBU+UpS8pqrOchyX8p/sZ94N2SbYWzOqo2Ixoaz7aca+Kt+ cFrR1poWH3T2uaN/aJcK7ZDgSj2UPRD2ZkjCnfAoJpHYHcE8B8dCKRRO6oHdx+gxcTq9K5MsF EOxzeTeUjV5nGdPFN7EIjBzYJZLn9HwI9HvRayF02Y9Td0i9pGByxYv1X5vxVHpw05PaJZB5Y XPEOiFne+gduaqz11IIYKTy0QbN9gdJSy8e5kvrI/2d7epa4W10iOq8eYYVbovGmx0Kykjl X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 48wN374QmNz43FG X-Spamd-Bar: ++++ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of freebsd@edvax.de has no SPF policy when checking 212.227.126.187) smtp.mailfrom=freebsd@edvax.de X-Spamd-Result: default: False [4.66 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; HAS_REPLYTO(0.00)[freebsd@edvax.de]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; HAS_ORG_HEADER(0.00)[]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_PBL(0.00)[239.91.5.178.khpj7ygk5idzvmvt5x4ziurxhy.zen.dq.spamhaus.net : 127.0.0.11]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:8560, ipnet:212.227.0.0/16, country:DE]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; REPLYTO_EQ_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[edvax.de]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(0.98)[0.984,0]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(0.99)[0.993,0]; MID_CONTAINS_FROM(1.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[187.126.227.212.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_POSSIBLE(0.00)[187.126.227.212.rep.mailspike.net : 127.0.0.17]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; IP_SCORE(0.28)[ip: (0.45), ipnet: 212.227.0.0/16(-1.15), asn: 8560(2.13), country: DE(-0.02)] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 05 Apr 2020 18:48:24 -0000 I'm currently struggling to get a TV monitor connected to a PC. The PC is a Lenovo R61i with 4-pin Mini-DIN connector (top right pin is video out). I have attached a video monitor to the TV1 connector, but I don't get any video signal. According to xrandr, I have 3 outputs: LVDS1 (the laptop's display, backlight defect), CRT1 (an actual CRT, connected to the laptop, along with external keyboard and mouse, because the laptop's display is not usable anymore), and TV1. The graphics in this system is Intel i915, modules loaded, X works. I'm using FreeBSD 12.0-p7. With xrandr, I can change the screen size just fine. With a partial X configuration file, I have (for now) set it to 640x480, so there won't be a problem with "too high resolution" for the video. I regularly use 1024x768 on that particular system due to physical screen size of the CRT. I tried several calls to xrandr (-q, --output TV1 --auto), sometimes I get "cannot find crtc for output TV1", and if I disable the LVDS1 output, TV1 doesn't show any sizes. It _shows_ sizes when LVDS1 is active. I even cannot select the modes xrandr lists as supported (--mode 640x480 leads to "cannot find mode 640x480"). I'm completely okay with smaller modes like 640x480 or 800x600, it doesn't matter as long as there is an output signal However... this is not the complete truth. I once (!) got the desktop image on the video monitor, but I don't know how, and the shell history is no help. :-( What is the correct approach to enable TV output? If the solution involves X configuration instead of xrandr commands, that's also okay. Many years ago, I got a dual-screen setup working that way, with a ATI graphics card with a VGA and a DVI connector. :-) My goal is to run an instance of mplayer or vlcplayer in fullscreen that outputs to the video monitor - it's not my primary intention to have a copy of my desktop there, but at least that's what I got once... -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...