Since the old i810 driver is no longer in the repos (since intrepid) the solution i posted on ubuntuforums.org is not working anymore. The new Intel drivers have no support for TV-OUT on the 855gm.
The only way to get a working TV-out is switching back to hardy (8.04) because the old i810 is available there.
With the following lines i've got the tv-out working:
Hi all
Since the old i810 driver is no longer in the repos (since intrepid) the solution i posted on ubuntuforums.org is not working anymore. The new Intel drivers have no support for TV-OUT on the 855gm.
The only way to get a working TV-out is switching back to hardy (8.04) because the old i810 is available there.
With the following lines i've got the tv-out working:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device"
Driver "i810"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
Option "MonitorLayout" "TV,LFP"
Option "Clone" "yes"
EndSection
Restart xorg and then there should be appear a part of your desktop on the TV. To get color and the right resolution you need this patched nvtv http:// ubuntuforums. org/showthread. php?t=40865& page=4
xrandr will not work with the old driver so you dont need it for this solution.
This works for me on a Thinkpad R51 with 855gm and a chrontel7011.
Hope this helps