man matrox-tvout (Commandes) - configure a Matrox G550 for NTSC TV output
NAME
matrox-tvout - configure a Matrox G550 for NTSC TV output
SYNOPSIS
matrox-tvout --address=ADDRESS [OPTION]...
DESCRIPTION
Configure the Matrox G550 at ADDRESS for NTSC TV output. It configures the card for 720x480i@59.94. The graphics driver (matroxfb, XFree86, Xorg, or other) must be configured for the same mode. The user running matrox-tvout must have permission to write to /dev/mem.
OPTIONS
- -a, --address=ADDRESS
- the base memory-mapped input/output address
Use the address of the 16K block found in `lspci -v'. - -r, --read
- read configuration from the card
- -w, --write
- write TV out configuration to the card
- -v, --verbose
- display verbose output
- --help
- display this help and exit
- --version
- display version information and exit
EXAMPLES
- matroxfb
- If you are using the Linux frame-buffer (matroxfb), configure the
frame-buffer using the following commands:
matroxset -f /dev/fb0 -m 5
matroxset -f /dev/fb1 -m 2
matroxset -f /dev/fb1 -o 1 2
fbset -fb /dev/fb1 -xres 720 -yres 480 -depth 16 -laced true - XFree86
- If you are using XFree86 or Xorg, use the following display mode at a
colour depth of 16 bits per pixel:
ModeLine "720x480@59.94" 27 720 736 800 858 480 482 486 525
DefaultDepth 16 - lspci -v | grep 16K
- Memory at ef800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
- matrox-tvout -ra 0xef800000
- Print the configuration of the card at address 0xef800000.
- matrox-tvout -v -wa 0xef800000
- Configure the card at address 0xef800000 for NTSC TV output and print the relevant XFree86 / Xorg configuration sections.
- matrox-tvout -rwa 0xef800000
- Configure the card at address 0xef800000 for NTSC TV output and print its new configuration.
FILES
- /dev/mem
- used to write directly to the video card
AUTHOR
Written by Shaun Jackman.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to Shaun Jackman <sjackman@debian.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2004 Shaun Jackman
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