s-video out only black and white on ntsc tv

[Bryan Moore]

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-intel

lenovo thinkpad z61e
dual-boot windows xp and ubuntu 8.04.1 without gnome/kde/xfce, just openbox.
xserver-xorg-video intel version 2:2.2.1-1ubuntu13.6.

no matter what i set in xorg.conf or with xrandr, i can only get black & white from my s-video out port. i've tried at least a dozen "fixes" i've found, but to no avail. i've attached my xorg.conf.

i know it's not the s-video cable because color works fine in xp.

hope you can help.

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

Have you tried the following in your xorg.conf DEVICE section?

 Option "TVStandard" "NTSC"
 Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"

[Bryan Moore (moore-bryan)]

yes, both. i've also tried "NTSC-M" as xrandr told me there was no such choice as "NTSC" alone.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

If you're still seeing this problem on Intrepid, please attach your Xorg.0.log and the output from `lspci -vvnn`.

[Bryan Moore (moore-bryan)]

I've not yet upgraded to Ibex... too many relative "horror" stories from
allies. Do you think it'll solve me little "issue?"

On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Bryce Harrington
<email address hidden>wrote:

> If you're still seeing this problem on Intrepid, please attach your
> Xorg.0.log and the output from `lspci -vvnn`.
>
>
> ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu)
> Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
>
> --
> s-video out only black and white on ntsc tv
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/256724
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

[This is an automatic notice.]

We'd like to forward your bug upstream, however upstream requires
that you first test it against their newer driver code.

To save you the effort of building the driver from source, we've built
packages for the driver and its new dependencies.

So you have a couple options:

 1. Download and test .debs for intrepid, from:
     https://edge.launchpad.net/~intel-gfx-testing/+archive

 -or-

 2. Download and test the Jaunty alpha-2 (or newer) Live CD,
     (which includes a beta of the new xserver 1.6 as well).
     See http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/9.04/ for ISOs

Thanks ahead of time! You can simply reply to this email to report your
findings.

P.S., if you wish to forward your bug upstream yourself, please follow
these directions to do so:
  http://intellinuxgraphics.org/how_to_report_bug.html

[Bryan Moore (moore-bryan)]

The ppa gives me a 404...

On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 9:31 PM, Bryce Harrington <<email address hidden>
> wrote:

>
> [This is an automatic notice.]
>
> We'd like to forward your bug upstream, however upstream requires
> that you first test it against their newer driver code.
>
> To save you the effort of building the driver from source, we've built
> packages for the driver and its new dependencies.
>
> So you have a couple options:
>
> 1. Download and test .debs for intrepid, from:
> https://edge.launchpad.net/~intel-gfx-testing/+archive<https://edge.launchpad.net/%7Eintel-gfx-testing/+archive>
>
> -or-
>
> 2. Download and test the Jaunty alpha-2 (or newer) Live CD,
> (which includes a beta of the new xserver 1.6 as well).
> See http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/9.04/ for ISOs
>
>
> Thanks ahead of time! You can simply reply to this email to report your
> findings.
>
>
> P.S., if you wish to forward your bug upstream yourself, please follow
> these directions to do so:
> http://intellinuxgraphics.org/how_to_report_bug.html
>
> --
> s-video out only black and white on ntsc tv
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/256724
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

[Bryan Moore (moore-bryan)]

tested the ppa above after i resolved the 404 issue; no change in situation.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Hmm, next I'd like to forward this issue upstream, but first it must be retested on latest Jaunty to make sure the issue still happens there with the latest code. ISO images are available at http://cdimages.ubuntu.com/releases/jaunty/. If you can reproduce it in the LiveCD environment, you shouldn't need to modify your installed system. Also please attach a fresh Xorg.0.log from this testing.

[Bryan Moore (moore-bryan)]

Will do... I should get a chance this weekend to test.

On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 9:30 PM, Bryce Harrington
<email address hidden>wrote:

> Hmm, next I'd like to forward this issue upstream, but first it must be
> retested on latest Jaunty to make sure the issue still happens there
> with the latest code. ISO images are available at
> http://cdimages.ubuntu.com/releases/jaunty/. If you can reproduce it in
> the LiveCD environment, you shouldn't need to modify your installed
> system. Also please attach a fresh Xorg.0.log from this testing.
>
> ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu)
> Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
>
> --
> s-video out only black and white on ntsc tv
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/256724
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Checking back to see if you'd had a chance to retest?

[Bryan Moore (moore-bryan)]

Sorry, not yet. I just upgraded to the Jaunty beta, though, and I have some
time off of working coming-up; I'll post-back if anything's changed.

On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 9:16 PM, Bryce Harrington
<email address hidden>wrote:

> Checking back to see if you'd had a chance to retest?
>
> ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu)
> Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
>
> --
> s-video out only black and white on ntsc tv
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/256724
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

[Bryan Moore (moore-bryan)]

SUCCESS! I was able to get full-color from the S-video out with the latest
package; however, some strange side-behavior related to sound, but that may
be a different and unrelated issue. Thanks to all who've worked on this!`

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 6:39 AM, Bryan Moore <email address hidden> wrote:

> Sorry, not yet. I just upgraded to the Jaunty beta, though, and I have some
> time off of working coming-up; I'll post-back if anything's changed.
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 9:16 PM, Bryce Harrington <
> <email address hidden>> wrote:
>
>> Checking back to see if you'd had a chance to retest?
>>
>> ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu)
>> Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
>>
>> --
>> s-video out only black and white on ntsc tv
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/256724
>> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
>> of the bug.
>>
>
>

[Andres Mujica (andres.mujica)]

Thks for your input.

[Helder Fraga (whise)]

im using ubuntu karmic and still have the black and white s-video.. im using intel i965