[ale] [Sorta OT] Thinkpad 600x TV out

[pras at cycloeastern.com]

I would be interested to know what you figure out. I have the same laptop
but I dont have the tv chord.

-Prasanna

On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 03:32:26PM -0500, Jason Day wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 12:17:25PM -0500, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> > I had a similar TP. A 600e (I belive). The s-video out is not on by
> > default. It requires a special chunk of software to turn it on on. The
> > default OS on those was Win98. There is a a Linux driver that will turn
> > it on. I tested it nce and decided it really looked crappy on my TV.
> 
> I downloaded the tpctl package and it reports the TV out connector is
> disabled.  I looked for a setting in the BIOS, but couldn't find
> anything.  I don't know at this point though if the tpctl software is
> enough to enable the connector, but my cable is bad, or if I'm missing
> another piece of software.  Do you have any pointers to the linux
> driver?  I've been unsuccessful with google so far...
> 
> > Check these links for some more info:
> > http://www.linux-thinkpad.org/
> > http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-4BP6Q6.html
> 
> Thanks, I'll give these a look.
> 
> Jason
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