Trying to hook up my computer to my TV, but ran into trouble. Ideas?

[yes_taz]

I've got a video out on my comp that I've run directly to the TV, but there's no picture, do I need to set up some kind of TV out thing on my computer?

[sithlord48]

Re: Trying to hook up my computer to my TV, but ran into trouble. Ideas?

yes you do just have to basicly "enable" the output, first try to do so in
System settings -> Display. and see if its reconized the tv as being hooked up. then try to enable it there. if that doesn't work then,

what kind of video card do you have?
what drivers are installed? (if not sure were you prompted about "restriced drivers" being available after install)
what version of kubuntu are you running?
how is the tv hooked up the the computer (i.e svideo, composite, hdmi etc...)?

[yes_taz]

Re: Trying to hook up my computer to my TV, but ran into trouble. Ideas?

Yeah I tried system settings display already and it doesn't recognize my TV, I'm not sure what kind of video card I've got it's free used computer, I'm not sure what drivers are installed right now either. I'm using Xubuntu 9.04, and I've got it hooked up with simple composite video.

[vinnywright]

Re: Trying to hook up my computer to my TV, but ran into trouble. Ideas?

from a terminal lspci will list the vid card (and the rest of your hardware) and lsmod will give an idea of the driver.

VINNY

[yes_taz]

Re: Trying to hook up my computer to my TV, but ran into trouble. Ideas?

When I put in lspci is says:
"00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IGP2 (rev a2)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev a2)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev a2)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev a2)
00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev a2)
00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev a2)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97 Audio Controler (MCP) (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev a3)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev a2)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200] (rev 01)
01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200] (Secondary) (rev 01)
02:08.0 Ethernet controller: ADMtek NC100 Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet 10/100 (rev 11)"

and lsmod gets
"Module Size Used by
radeon 342816 2
ppdev 15620 0
drm 96424 3 radeon
bridge 56212 0
stp 10500 1 bridge
bnep 20224 2
video 25872 0
output 11008 1 video
input_polldev 11912 0
lp 17156 0
parport 42220 2 ppdev,lp
snd_intel8x0 37532 4
snd_ac97_codec 112292 1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus 9856 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 46336 0
snd_mixer_oss 22656 2 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 83076 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 10756 0
snd_seq_oss 37760 0
snd_seq_midi 14336 0
snd_rawmidi 29696 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 15104 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 56880 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_mid i_event
snd_timer 29704 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14988 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi ,snd_seq
snd 62756 16 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_ oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_ti mer,snd_seq_device
soundcore 15200 2 snd
nvidia_agp 14492 1
snd_page_alloc 16904 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
pcspkr 10496 0
psmouse 61972 0
agpgart 42696 2 drm,nvidia_agp
serio_raw 13444 0
shpchp 40212 0
i2c_nforce2 14980 0
usbhid 42336 0
tulip 58272 0
usb_storage 99648 0
floppy 64324 0
fbcon 46112 0
tileblit 10752 1 fbcon
font 16384 1 fbcon
bitblit 13824 1 fbcon
softcursor 9984 1 bitblit"

I dont know what most of it means so..

[sithlord48]

Re: Trying to hook up my computer to my TV, but ran into trouble. Ideas?

it apperars that you have an ATI video card. using a radion 9200. check out the un offical ati wiki some might not apply as its mainly for the fglrx driver, but there are links from there to places with more info about the driver your using "radeon". that being said, the process is like this for fglrx users , open amdcccle and set your display options (the radeon driver may have a similar method of setting up tv out)

[yes_taz]

Re: Trying to hook up my computer to my TV, but ran into trouble. Ideas?

Pardon me for looking like an idiot but what is "amdcccle" and how do I open it?

[sithlord48]

Re: Trying to hook up my computer to my TV, but ran into trouble. Ideas?

i am not sure if you will have amdcccle installed on your machine its part of the fglrx (ati properitary driver) you would open it via alt+f2 and typing in 'kdesudo amdcccle' (no ')

sadly i don't know much about the open source driver for your card (i use the properitary one since my card is supported by it) check the wiki to see if your card is also supported(but i am rather sure its not)

[yes_taz]

Re: Trying to hook up my computer to my TV, but ran into trouble. Ideas?

Didn't work, but thanks for the help.